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EMIL KUDER, M. D. 



MEDICAL 



Prescription Book 



FOR 



EVERYBODY 



WITH- 



OVER ONE THOUSAND OF THE LATEST 
FORMULAS AND DIETARY NOTES 



FOR 



ALL DISEASES AND AILMENTS IN ADULT AND CHILD 



WITH 



DEFINITIONS, SYMPTOMS AND INDEX, 



BY 



EMIL KUDER, 

GERMAN PHYSICIAN. 



1901 



PRESS OF 

The Journal Printing Company, 
coffeyvii.le, kansas. 



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COPYRIGHTED, I90I, 

BY 

DR. EMU, KUDER. 



Part L 

TONGUE, PULSE, TEMPERATURE, ABBREVIATIONS, WEIGHTS, 
MEASURES, DEFINITION OF DISEASES. AND PRE- 
SCRIPTIONS ALPHABETICALLY 
ARRANGED. 



PartIL 

SYMPTOMS, INDEXED AND ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. 



Part IE. 

MISCELLANEOUS, AND INDEX. 



y 



DEDICATED 

TO 

THE FRIENDS OF PROGRESS. 



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Preface* 



In presenting this work the author believes it is a book 
which will be the means of saving- many lives, a vast 
amount of suffering from disease and many a dollar also. 

There has never been published a book which in so 
condensed a form gives over one thousand of the latest ap- 
proved and best medical formulas for all diseases and ail- 
ments human flesh is heir to. 

All you have to do is to study the case a little, go over 
the symptoms, make a copy of the prescription and have 
it made up by your druggist. Where any special diet is 
necessary, you will find it below the prescription; other- 
wise let your patient eat, rest and drink what he likes best 
to suit his condition. 

The table of definitions of medical names in diseases will 
give you a clear idea of the ailment, and by using com- 
mon horse sense, the right diagnosis can, in the majority of 
cases, easily be made out, and in old cases the patient, as 
a rule, knows his disease very well. 

In my twenty years of medical practice in this country 
I have found the average intelligent consultant fully aware 
of his trouble in case of sickness, but of course did not 
know what to do for it to get relief. 

The coating of the tongue in connection with the pulse 
and temperature is the best indicator of disease. 

As this book does not include any surgical operations and 
diseases, I have nevertheless alluded to minor surgical treat- 
ments. My intention has been to help those far removed 



— IO — 

from a physician to save life and suffering and others not 
able to get a good physician up to the time, and lastly, those 
unfortunates unable to pay for the service of a medical 
doctor. 

Many young physicians will find this book a ready ref- 
erence in many instances, as it contains the most valuable 
and latest formulas. 

Common sense is the best teacher in everything, and 
good healthy blood, a rigid enforcement of bodily cleanli- 
ness, suitable clothing, healthful food, fresh air, sunlight, 
muscular exercise and to live a life becoming a Christian 
is the best doctor and medicine. 

Thk Author. 



II 



Part L 



Remember: 



Tongue furred with whitish curd— intestinal irritation. 

Red, dry and hot — intestinal inflammation. 

Pale and flabby — great debility. 

Tremulous — nervous debility. 

White fur — fever. 

Yellow— disturbance of liver and stomach. 

Brown and dry — typhoid condition, or blood-poisoning. 

Bright strawberry — look out for scarletina. 

Glazed — -indigestion. 

Glazed, with blue appearance — congenital syphilis. 

A large, flabby, tremulous, creamy tongue — delirium tre- 
mens. 

Extreme dryness — diabetes. 

Tongue drawn to one side — disease of the base of the 
brain. 

Raw-beef tongue — inflammation of the stomach. 



12 — 



Pulse* 



The frequency of the pulse depends on the rate of the 
heart's contractions. 

This rate varies with age, position, sex, stature. In the 
newly-born infant the heart and the pulse beat some 130 
to 140 times a minute. The rate gradually falls, and after 
the sixth year it is usually below 100; and a further de- 
crease of 30 beats a minute gradually occurs before the 
rate of manhood (70 to 75 a minute) is reached. In old 
age the pulse-rate often rises again, slightly. 

In the erect posture the pulse beats at some 10 a minute 
in the male, and 7 a minute in the female, over the sitting 
rate, and some 5 more over the rate of the recumbent posi- 
tion. The female of 7 years has some 10 pulse beats a 
minute more than the male of the same age. 

A man of six feet in height has a pulse of 3 to 4 slower 
than a man of five and one-half feet. 

Movement and exertion of all kinds quicken the pulse, 
and mental emotion or excitement in nervous persons runs 
up the rate very high. 

A good meal increases the fulness and frequency of the 
pulse, and so does the use of stimulants in health. 

The pulse is less frequent during the night and during 
sleep ; it rises in frequency during the early hours of the 
day. 



— 13 — 



Temperature* 



4 

In applying the thermometer, the bulb should be placed 
under the tongue, mouth closed, or applied to the arm-pit, 
or to the groin or belly, and be retained in close contact 
with the skin and well covered and allowed to remain from 
three to five minutes. In fever and inflammation, tempera- 
ture rises, whereas in sinking spells, cholera, etc., there is 
a remarkable decline. A rise to 103 ° to 105 ° is a signal 
for danger ; above that, almost invariably fatal. A low 
temperature, if persistent below 95 °, unfavorable. A very 
sudden fa]l below that occurring in an acute attack of 
peritonitis, etc., may indicate gangrene, or perforation of 
bowel in typhoid fever.' 

During convalescence, a sudden rise in temperature, 
pulse and respiration may indicate a relapse. 

We have no instrument superior to the index and adjoin- 
ing fingers for the pulse, and by the hand 1 aid flat across 
the base of the chest the respiration can be easily counted. 

If there is no disease of the brain, heart, or lungs, there 
will be a perfect harmony existing between heat, pulse and 
respiration. Pulse (72) divided by four gives respirations 
(18), and temperature 98 ° in health, with the rise or fall 
of each in disease. 



— 14 



Abdomen* 

(Dropsy of.) 

R. Extr. of Colocynth fe., 

Tinct. Asari, 

Aqua dest, . - 

Syrup Auranti, 

Ether nitr., 
Sig. A tablespoonful every two hours, 
much as possible. 

Abortion* 

(See Miscarriage.) 

Abuses of Marriage* 

(See Index.) 

Abbreviations* 

(See Index.) 



Acne. 

R. Ergotinae, 

Cocaine hydrochlor., 

Plumbi carbonat., 

Unguent, aqua ros., 
Sig. Apply externally. 

R. Potass, sulphide. 

Zinci oxide. 

Zinci sulph. 

Glycerine, 

Rosewater to make 4 ounces. 
Sig. Apply to the skin. 

R. Ichthyol, - - 

Salicylic acid, - 

Vaseline, : 

Sig. Apply to the face night and morning 



y 2 to 1 drachm. 

3 " 

4 ounces. 
1 " < 
40 drops. 

A dry diet as 



y 2 drachm. 
5 grains. 
y 2 drachm, 
V2 ounce. 



aa 2 drachms. 



6 drachms. 
40 grains. 
2 ounces. 



— 15 — 

R. Boric acid. 

Glycerine, - - - - aa 2 drachms. 

Alcohol, - . - - 1 ounce. 

Ether to make 3 ounces. 
Sig. Lotion to wash the face. This may be allowed to 
dry upon the face. 
Avoid salted meat, fish in any way prepared, cheese, 
whisky or wine. 

Acholia* 

R. Extr. chionanthusi virg. fe., - 2 ounces. 

Tinct. euonymus, 1 ounce. 

Hydrogen peroxide (8 per cent.) - 1 " 

Syrup spl., - - - 1 " 

Sig. A teaspoonful four times daily. 

Apply locally over the liver concentrated ozone, followed 
by hot poultice. 

A vegetable and fruit diet. 

Addison's Disease* 

R. Glycerite of. ozone, - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take 20 drops in water mornings and evenings, and 
R. Tinct. of oats, 2 ounces. 

Quinine sulph., 2 drachms. 

Tinct. of ignatia, y 2 ounce. 

Syrup spl., - - - 2 ounces. * 

Sig. A teaspoonful three times a day. 

The stimulation of the cervical sympathetic with con- 
centrated ozone, with general faradization of that nerve, 
are important factors in the treatment. 

Ague* 

R. Extr. fuccus marina fl., - 2 ounces. 

Syrup zingiber. 

Aqua cinnamon, - - - aa 1 ounce. 

Sig. A teaspoonful every two to three hours. 



— i6 — 



Alcoholism, 



R. 

Sig. 
R. 

Sig. 



drachms, 
u 



Tinct. capsici., 2 

Tinct. nucis vomic, - - 2 

Celerina (Rio), - - iyi ounces. 

Syrup brom. comp. (Peacock), - 2 " 

A teaspoonful in water four times daily. 

Chloral, - - ' . - 15-30 grs. 

Potass, bromid., - - - 10 " 

Syrup spl., - - - s y 2 ounce. 

Take at once! To produce a 12 hours' sleep. 

Alopecia* 



R. Olei ricini, 




6 drachms. 


Aqua ammon., ■*•"*- 




1 drachm. 


Tinct. cantharid., - 




Yz ounce. 


Spirit, myrciae 




2 ounces. 


Aqua q. s. ad., 




6 " 


Sig. Rub into the scalp. 






R. Tinct. of jaborandi. 






Tinct. of cantharid. 






Soap liniment. 




• 


Tinct. pyrethrum, 


aa 


2]/ 2 drms. 


Spirit, of citron. 






Tinct. of tolu. 






Tinct. of vanill., 


aa 


1 y 2 drms. 


Sig. Apply to the scalp every morning 


and 


evening with 


friction. 






R. Extr. pilocarpi fl., 




1 ounce. 


Tinct. cantharid., - 




y* " 


Liniment saponis, 




,4 " 


Sig. Rub into the scalp daily. 






R. Ozone ointment, ... 




1 ounce. 


Oil of boroglyceride, 




3 drachms. 



— 17 — 

Resorcin, - - - * i drachm. 

Chrysophanic acid, 10 grains. 

F. Unguentmn. 
Sig. Apply daily. 

Apply tar soap to the scalp for 10 minutes, wash off and 

dry, then the scalp to be shampooed with the following 
solution: 

R. Hydrarger. bichlorid., - - 10 grains. 

Glycerine. 

Spirit, nft, aa 2 drachms. 

Aqua dest, - - - 5 ounces. 
After scalp is dry rub well into the skin. 

R. Acid salicyl., - - - 30 grains. 

Tinct. benzoin, 1 drachm. 

01. ped. taur. ad., - - - 3 ounces. 

Albuminuria* 

R. Sod. Iodid., - - - 15 grains. 

Sod. phosphatis, - - - 30 " 

Sod. cHloridi, - - - 1% drms. 

Sig. Dissolve in a glass of milk and take all in 24 hours. 
No starchy food allowed. 

Amenorrhea* 

R. Aletris cordial (Rio), - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful three times a day. 

R. Potass, permanganat. tablets grain y 2 No. 12. 
Sig. One tablet in a glass of water mornings and even- 
ings. 

R. Hayden's viburnum comp., - 4 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful three times daily in warm water. 

R. Acid arsenic, 1 grain. 

Ferri sulphat. exsiccat, - - y 2 " 



i8 



Pulv. pip. nigr., 

Pil. aloes et myrrh., 
F. Pil. No. 40. 
Sig. One pill twice a day, after meals. 

R. Tinct. vanill., 

Tinct. ferri acetici ether, 
Sig. Twenty drops three times daily, 
mustard water. 



1 drachm. 

1 " 



drachms. 



Foot baths in hot 



An Egg. 

(See Index.) 

Anthrax* 

R. Ichthyol, 4 drachms. 

Cerat camphor, 2 ounces. 

Sig. A layer of the above is applied on the karbuncle 
three times a day, the following day the solid stick 
of the lunar caustic is applied in all the white points 
where there is separation. 





Anaesthesia, 




R. Chloroform. 






Cologne water. 


aa - 


2 ounces 


Sig. To inhale. Is 


very pleasant. 




R. Alcohol, A. C. E 


•i 


1 ounce. 


Chloroform, 


•i 


2 .'" 


Ether, 


. 


3 " 


Sig. Inhale. 






R. Chloroform, 


. 


4 ounces. 


Alcohol, 


_ 


1 " 


Sig. Inhale. 






R. Chloroform, 


- 


1 ounce. 


Dimethylacetal, 


- 


2 " 


Sig. Inhale. 







' — 19 — 

i (Locally.) 
R. Chloroform, - - - 10 drachms 

Ether, r - 2 ounces. 

Menthol, 1 drachm. 

Sig. Use locally in a hand atomizer. After one minute's 
application anesthesia is produced for the removal of 
growths, opening a felon or an abcess without pain. 

R. Bichloride of methylene - > 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply on cotton a few drops. It never fails. 

Angina Pecthoris, 

R. Nitro-glycerine (one per cent, solution), 10 drops. 
Sig. Put one drop on the tongue every two hours. 

R. Nitrate of amyl, 20 drops. 

Sig. Put five drops in a piece of cloth and inhale. 

R. Aqua laurocerasi, 2 drachms. 

Tinct. opii, - - - 20 drops. 

Sig. Take 20 drops every two hours. 

R. Nitrate of sodium, 20 grains. 

Saccharin, -. - - - 1 " 

F. Pulv. D'os. 10. 
Sig. Take one powder in water twice a day. 

Light diet, warm drinks', good ventilation and woolen 
clothing. 

Anaemia* 

R. Acid arseniosi, - , - - y 2 grain. 

Ferri sulphatis, - - - 20 " 

Quinine sulphatis, - - 20 " 

Extr. nucis vomica, - - 5 " 

Extr. gentianae, - - - 20 u 

F. Pil. No. 20. 

Sig. Take one pill after meals. 



20 — 



R. Hydrarg. chloridi corros., - - i grain. 

Liquor pot. arsenit, - - 10 drops. 

Tinct. ferri chlorat. 
Acid hydrochlor. 

Syrup spl., - - - aa ^ drachm. 

Elixir spl. 

Aqua pur., -. - - aa 16 drachms 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times a day after meals; 

this dose must be diminished dr doubled according 

to age of patient. 

A liberal diet, regular open bowels, plenty of fresh air, 

warm clothing, daily baths with massage, afterwards 

sponging the body with bay rum. 

Aneurism* 

R. Potass, iodidi, 3 drachms. 

Syrup tolutani, 1 ounce. 

Aqua dest, q. s. ad., - - 6 " 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times a day. 
R. Extr. ergot, fl., - 1 ounce. 

Acid carbolici, : 20 drops. 

Sig. Take 20 drops four times daily for one week. At 

the same time: 
R. Tinct. digitalis, - ~ - % ounce. 

Sig. Take eight drops in water every three hours. Pa- 
tient must be kept in the recumbent position; watch 
pulse to be at sixty. 

Anchylosis. 

R. Ozonized clay, - - . 2 ounces. 

Sig. Make a little of the clay into a poultice and apply 
daily. 

R. Spirit, formicar., 2 ounces. 

Spirit, angelic comp., - - 3 " 

Liquor ammon. caust., 2 drachms. 

Sig. Rub in warm three times daily. 



Apoplexia* 

R. Bleed from the arm if pulse is strong about sixteen 
ounces; take internally two drops of croton oil in 
glycerine; apply ice to the head, a mustard plaster be- 
tween the shoulders, a little capsicum in socks, and 
besides: 

R. Potass, bromidi, i drachm. 

Tinct. of aconit rad. 

Tinct. of belladonna, - - aa 20 drops. 

Water dest. 
Syrup spl., - - - - % aa » 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour. 

Diet to be light, open bowels, short hair, cold shower 

baths; avoid tea, coffee, tobacco, whisky, beer, excitement 

of any kind, heavy meals, hot baths. 

(With Syncope.) 
R. Apply hot water to head, stimulants, ammonia under 
nose, electricity, mustard plaster, nitro-glycerine one 
drop on tongue every 10 minutes of a one per cent, 
solution. 

Aphasia* 

If due to the use of hydrogen peroxide as an auriferous 
hair dye, no remedy is of any avail; for treatment see "In- 
flammation of the Brain." 

Aphonia* 

R. Potass, bromidi, 

Tinct. calabar bean, 

Tinct. gelseminum, 

Aqua dest. 

Syrup spl., 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 
R. Hydrogen peroxide, - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Use as a spray with atomizer. 



2 drachms. 
1 
aa 2 ounces. 



Arrow Poison* 

Echujue, a glucocide allied to ouabain and strophantin, 
it is derived from an apocynaceous shrub, adenium boeh- 
mianum. 

Asthma* 

R. Nitro-glycerine (one per cent, solution), 10 drops. 
Sig. Put one drop on the tongue every half to one hour. 

R. Morphia sulph., yb grain. 

Water dest., - > - - 10 drops. 

Sig. Inject hypodermically. 

R. Potass, iodid., - - - 2% drms. 

•Tinct. lobelia, - - - 4 " 

Syr. sarsaparill. comp., 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful every two hours. 

R. Sodi nitrat., - - - 12 grains. 

F. Pulvi Do's. 6. 

Sig. Take one powder every half hour until relieved. 

R. Tinct. lobeliae, 5 ounces. 

Ammon. iod., - - - 2 drachms. 

Ammon. brom., - - - 3 " 

Syr. tolutani, - - . - 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every one, two, three or four 
hours. 



R. Pulv. strammoni fol., 


- 


- 


1 ounce. 


Pulv. belladonna fol., 


- 


- 


1 " 


Pulv. potass, nitr., 


- 


- 


1% drms. 


Pulv. opu, 


- 


-• 


15 grains. 


Sig. Burn a little and inhale the fumes. 




R. Tinct. strammoni, 


. 


- 


2 drachms 


Tinct. lobelia ether, 


- 


- 


1 " 


Potass, nitr., 


- 


- 


1 " 



— 23 — 

Spirit, ether nitr., 
Tinct. auranti recent., - - y 2 " 

Aqua chloroform, - - - 5 - " 

Sig. Take two tablespoonsful at bedtime, and one if 
difficulty of breathing comes on. 

Ascarides* 

R. Tinct. ferri perchlorid., - - y 2 ounce. 

Aqua, ... 8 

Sig. Inject into the rectum as often as necessary. 

Attention of Families* 

(See Index*) 

Asphyxia. 

(From strangulation or suffocation.) 
Cleanse the mouth and nostrils, open the mouth, draw 
forth the patient's tongue and keep it forward (a rubber 
will accomplish that over tongue and under chin); examine 
larynx, pharynx and oesophagus; if water is there place 
patient on abdomen over a barrel or a roll of blankets and 
give a half dozen rapid rolls, then place patient on his 
back, elevate the head and shoulders, then imitate the 
movements of breathing. Grasp the arms just above the 
elbows and draw them gently upwards until they meet 
above the head; repeat fifteen times in a minute for two or 
three hours; after respiration is perceived cease with the 
above movements and induce circulation and warmth. 

Put patient for six minutes in a hot water bath, then 
raise the body in a sitting posture and dash cold water 
against chest and face and ammonia under the nose; excite 
nostrils with snuff or tickle throat with a feather, rub 
chest and face, wrap patient in dry and warm blankets 
and commence rubbing limbs upwards firmly under the 
dry blankets; apply hot flannel or bricks to soles of feet, 



— 24 — 

armpits, over stomach and heart; if power of swallowing 
has returned give some brandy and water, patient to be 
kept in bed; mustard plaster to chest and below shoulders. 

(From drowning.) 

The moment patient is taken out of the water turn him 
downwards with a large roll of clothing under stomach 
and chest; press with all your weight for five seconds each 
time upon the patient's back, so that the water is pressed 
out of lungs and stomach and drains freely out of mouth; 
then quickly turn patient face upwards with a roll of 
clothing below shoulders and make the head hang back as 
low as possible; place patient's hands above his head, 
kneel with patient's hips between your knees and fix your 
elbows firmly against your hips; now, grasping lower part 
of patient's naked chest, squeeze his sides together, press- 
ing gradually forward with all your might for about three 
seconds, until your mouth is nearly over patient's mouth, 
then with a push suddenly jerk yourself back; rest about 
three seconds, then repeat again about ten times per min- 
ute for one hour, or until patient breathes naturally, 

The above directions must be used at the spot, the first 
instant patient is taken from the water. Prevent crowding 
around the patient; fresh air is important. Once he 
breathes, be careful not to interrupt him; after breathing 
is regular, let patient be rubbed dry, wrapped up in blank- 
ets and given a little brandy and water, and then be left 
to rest and sleep. 

From Chlor oform. 
The same movements. 

Of Infants Stillborn. 

R. When there is active pulsation in the cord, lay the 
child on right side, keep it warm, rub it gently; do 
not ligate the cord, try artificial respiration. If pul- 
sation has ceased, ligate cord at once, cleanse thor- 



— 25 — 

oughly, wrap in flannel, rub gently, use tincture of 
capsicum down the spine, sprinkle alternately hot and 
cold water on the chest, so as to get the sigh and 
thereby inflate the lungs, and blow on face. Try arti- 
ficial respiration^ warm baths, keep in flannel, rub 
with whisky, use electricity with positive pole to 
spine ^and negative over stomach. If respiration can 
be established give a few drops of brandy in sweet- 
ened water and repeat. 

R. Use electricity if possible. 

R. D'ecoct. aven. excort, - - 6 ounces. 

Acet. crud., - - - 3 a 

Sig. Inject into the rectum. 
/ 
Baldness* 

(See Alopecia.) . 

Balanitis* 

R. Boroglyceride, i ounce. 

Aqua dest, * - - - 8 " 

Sig. Use as a wash four times daily and inject some be- 
tween the foreskin and glans-penis; after drying 
anoint the parts with ozone ointment and wrap up 
in cotton. 

Bathing* 

(See Index.) 

Barber's Itch* 

R. Hydrarger. ammon., - - io grains. 

Bismuth subnitr., - - i drachm. 

Iviq. carbon, deterg., - - i " 

Lanolin, - - - - 6 " 

Sig. To be applied night and morning. 



26 



R. Acid tanic, 

Lact. sulph., 

Zinc, oxid., 

Amyl, 

Vaseline, 
Sig. Use twice daily. 



4 


5 grams 


i 


y 2 drms. 


4 


u 


4 


u 


i 


ounce. 



Bedsores, 



R. Lanolin, 
Sig. Rub on. 



2 ounces. 



Beeftea Delusion* 

(See Index.) 

Bilious Fever, 



R. 

F. 
Sig. 



R. 



Sig. 



R. 



Sig. 
R. 



45 grains. 



Bxalgine, - 
Capsules No. 9. 

Take one capsule three times, daily, sponge the 

whole body with warm water, apply hot water with 

alcohol over the liver with a towel, keep it saturated 

all day and night, open bowels with 
Kxtr. cascara sagrada fl., - 2 drachms. 

Ammon. chlorid., - - y 2 " 

Syrup rhei, - - - 2 ounces. 

Take a tablespoonful every two hours; several days 

after take: 
Tinct. cinchona comp. 
Syrup spl., 
Acid nitro niuriat., 
Aqua dest, 

A tablespoonful every three hours. 

Hydrarger. chlorid. mite, - 
Potophyllin, - - 

Zinci sulpho carb., 
chart: No. 3. 



aa 



1 ounce. 
1 drachm. 
8 ounces. 



4 grains. 

1/ « 



'2 



— 27 — 

Sig. Take one powder at 6 p. m., one on retiring, the 
third in the morning if necessary. 
As to diet use malted milk, arrowroot, bovinin and 
other simple articles. 

Blackheads* v 

R. Oxide of zinc. 

Resorcin, - - '- aa i drachm. 

Starch,' - - - - i " 

Vaseline, - - - - 2^4 " 

Sig. Apply a thin coating, letting it remain 12 hours, 
then rub off with oil. 

R. Ether, - - - - • 1 ounce. 

Ammon. cart)., 1 drachm. 

Acid boraxici, - - 20 grains. 

Aqua ros., 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply twice daily, pressing .out the comedones at 
each application. 

Blindness* 

(From Quinine.) 

R. Magnes. sulphat, y 2 ounce. 

, Aqua dest, - - - 6 " 

Sig. Take at once! In the evening take: 
R. Elaterium, , - - 1 grain. 

Sacchar. alb., - - - 4 " . 

F. Pulv. dos. 4. 

Sig. One powder every hour and use externally: 
R. E'serine (one-half per cent, solution), 1 ounce. 

Sig. A few drops into the eye every four hours, the next 

morning inhale sulphuric ether and later on use: 
R. Nitr. of amyl, 5 .drops. 

Sig. Put one drop on a piece of cotton and inhale every 

four to six hours. 



— 28 — 

The eye must be kept closed and bandaged; recumbent 
position. 

(From tobacco smoking.) 
The above treatment must be applied to and the use of 
tobacco avoided. 

Bladder* 

(Inflammation.) 

R. Infus. uva-ursi, 3 ounces. 

Soda bicarbon., 4 drachms. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 
R. Acid benzoic. 

Soda borat., - - - aa 2 ounces. 

Infus. buchu, - - - 12 u 

Sig. Take a wineglassful three times daily. 
R. Salol, - - - - 2 drachms. 

Sacchar. alb., 20 grains. 

F. Pulv. d'os. 12. 

Sig. Take one powder three times daily. 
R. Sodium benzoate, 1 drachm. 

Tinct. gelsemium, - - 3 " 

Water com., 6 ounces. 

Sig. One ounce to be warmed, injected into the bladder 
and allowed to remain 20 to 30 minutes. 
In diet avoid fat, sugar, starch, malt or liquors; for 
drinks use infusions of linseed or marshmallows, seidlitz 
powders. 

Bladder. 
(Irritability.) 

R. Ergotin, - - - - 16 grains. 

S. extr. belladonna, - - 3 " 

S. extr. nux-vomica, - - 4 " 

S. extr. Hyoscyamus, - - 12 " 

F. Pil. No. 24. 

Sig. One pill twice daily, last about bedtime. 



— 2 9 — 

Bone* 

(Inflammation.) 

R. E'xalgine, 30 grains. 

Sacchar. alb., - - - 10 " 

F. Pul vis j^'os. 10. 

Sig. Take one powder every two to three hours until 
fever is reduced; keep bowels open; complete rest 
in bed; apply hot packs during the day, at night 
apply on cotton: 
R. Tinct. of belladonna, 
Chloroform, 

Aqua ammon., - - - aa 2 ounces. 

R Linimentum. Internally take: 

R. Iodid of potass, 1 drachm. 

Comp. syrup of stillingia, - 6 ounces. 

Sig. A tablespoonful three times daily; if suppuration set 
in, open abcess and wash out with a 15 vol. perox- 
ide of hydrogen. 
Best of diet: bovinin, wine and brandy with milk. 

Bowels* 

(Inflammation.) 

R. Tinct. of aconit, 30 drops. 

Tinct. bryonia alba, 1 drachm. 

Aqua dest., 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour; apply turpentine 
strips over abdomen, followed by hot bran; empty 
the rectum with warm' water injections; drinks, 
infusion of collinsonia or kaki; later on take: 
R. Quinine sulph., 1 drachm. 

Acid sulph. aromatic, - - % " 

Syrup spl., • - - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful four times daily. 

Diet: liquid animal food (bovinin), malted milk, raw 
eggs. 



— 30 — 

R. Plumb, acct. dep., - - y 2 grain. 

Pulv. d'overi, - - - 40 u 

F. Pulv. d'os. 8. 

Take one powder three to six times daily. 



Sig 



(Invagination*) 

See Intestines Obstruction. 



Boils, 

(To abort.) 

R. Tinct. arnica, - 

Tannic a^cid, 1 

Acacia pulv., - - - 1 " 

Sig. Paint upon the parts every 15 minutes, until a 
resistant coat results. • 



2 drachms. 



R. Calcium sulphide, 

Aqua dest., - 

Glycerine, - 

Oil of sassafras, 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 

R. E'rgotin, - 

Cocaine hydrochl., 

Plumbi carb., - 

Unguent qua. ros., 
Sig. Apply on boil. 

R. Nitrate of mercury, 

Vaseline, - - - 

Sig. Apply thickly on boil. 

If suppuration can not be prevented, apply flax seed 
poultice until ready for opening; after boil is opened and 
the pus passes out, dress with: 



15 grains. 

2 ounces. 

1 

5 drops. 



]/ 2 drachm. 
5 grains. 
y 2 drachm. 
y 2 ounce. 



y 2 drachm. 
1 ounce. 



R. 



Iodoform, 

Vaseline, 



y 2 drachm. 
1 ounce. 



F. Unguentum. 



— 3* 



Boviniru 

The best beef extract, prepared from the raw meat, 
useful in all cases of reconvalescence, a nourishment in 



old 


age, etc. 

(See index.) 

Bread* 

(White or brown.) 

(See Index,) 

Bruise, 






R. 


Ammon. chloridi, 
Water com. / 




y 2 ounce. 




Vinegar, - 


aa 


8 ounces. 


Sig. 


Apply on lint and keep it wet. 






R. 


Smartweed, - 




2 ounces. 




Mullein leaves, - - - 




2 ." 




Saltpeter, 




i " 




Rum, - 




24 " 




Set aside and filter. 






Sig. 


Apply on saturated towel. 

Breast. 

(Inflammation.) 






R. 


Cupri oxyd nigr., 




.i drachm. 




S. extr. belladonna, 




% " 




S. extr. d'igitalis, 




% ',' 




Unguent q. s. ad, 




i ounce. 


Sig. 


Apply size of a large bean to the breast 


every two 




hours, spread some of the ointment 


on lint and 




apply after. 








(Caked or inflamed.) 






R. 


Acetate of lead, - 




2 drachms. 




Water com., 




32 ounces. 


Sig. 


Saturate a piece of cloth and 
constantly, cold; keep it wet. 


apply 


to breasts 



— 32 — 

(Caked.) 
R. Ammon. carbon., i ounce. 

Water com., - - - 16 " 

Sig. Apply hot on a piece of cloth. 

R. Oil spermint, i drachm. 

Oil olivae, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply four times daily, hot, with friction. 

R. Tinct. phytolacca dec, y 2 ounce. 

Water com., - - - 16 " 

Sig. To be used as a dressing warm; hang the breasts in 
a sling and keep bowels open. 



Bronchitis* 




R. Tinct. cubebae, 

Tinct. benzoin comp., 

Tinct. cinchonae comp., 
Sig. Take one teaspoonful in water every : 


1 ]/ 2 ounces. 
2 

four hours. 


R. Tinct. sanguirariae, 

Tinct. collinsoniae, 

Tinct. benzoin comp., 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 


1 drachm. 

2 " 

zy 2 ounces. 


R. Guryun oil, 

Extr. of malt, 
Sig. Take a tablespoonful twice daily. 


2 ounces. 
6 " 


R. Ammon. muriat, - 

Extr. glycerhizzae fl, 

Syrup yerba-santa, 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 


2 drachms. 
1 

3 ounces. 


R. Tinct. opii comp., 

Tinct. aconit rad., 

Syrup ipecac, 

Mucilag. acacia, 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 


1 drachm. 
30 drops. 
iy ounces. 



— 33 — 
(In Children.) 

R. Ammon. carb., - - i drachm. 

Syrup ipecac, • - - - 2 u 

Syrup tplu, - - - i jounces. 

Sig. Give one;half to oue teaspoonful four times daily. 

R. Tinct. aconit, - - - 12 drops. 

Syrup ipecac, 1 ounce. 

L,ig. potass, citrat. q. s. ad, - 3 u 

Sig. Give one teaspoonful every three hours. 



(In Infants.) 






R. Spirit, ammon. aromat, 


- 


15 drops. 


Infus. senega rad., 


- 


3 ounces. 


Syrup foenicul, 


- 


6 drachms. 


Sig. Give a small teaspoonful every 


hour. 




R. Oil terebinth, 


- 


3 ounces. 


Acid acetic, 


- 


% " 


Aqua rose, 


- 


2% " 


Oil lini, 


- 


1 drachm. 


Yolk of one tgg. 






F. Linimentum. 






Sig. To rub into the breast mornings and 


evenings in all 


cases of bronchitis; a good diet and warm c 


lothing, 


Brilliantine. 






R. Honey, 


- 


1 ounce. 


Glycerine, 


- 


% "" 


Cologne, 


- 


% " 


Alcohol, - 


- 


2 " 


Sig. Face wash. 






Breath. 






(Foetid.) 






R. Saccharin, 


- 


y 2 drachm. 


Sodium bicarbonate, 


- 


% " 


Salicylic acid, 


- 


2 " 



— 34 — 

Alcohol, - - - 12 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful in a glass of water as a mouth wash 
or gargle, to be used frequently. 

Brain, 

(Inflammation acute.) 

R. Tinct. veratrum virid., 2 drachms. 

Sig. l Take two drops every half hour in water until pulse 
is down to seventy, then take the above dose every 
two to three hours; recumbent position, quiet 
darkened room, the hair to be cut off short, towels 
wrung out in hot water and vinegar and applied all 
around the head, mustard plaster to the feet, bowels 
kept open with: 

R. Cornp. powder of jalappa. 

Comp. powder of senna, - - aa 20 grains. 

Croton oil, 1 drop. 

Sig. Take at once! Repeat the above dose twice a day; 
to produce sleep give: 

R. S. extr. of hyoscyamus, - - 20 grains. 

Opii pulvis, - - - 3 " 

Sugar of milk, 1 drachm. 

F. Pulv. dos. 20. 

Sig. Take one powder every hour until sleep; as the 
patient improves give: 

R. Tinct. of aconit rad, - - 1 drachm. 

Tinct. of belladonna, - - 1 " 

Aqua dest, 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours; as soon as the 
fever subsides give: 

R. Aqua camphor., 4 ounces. 

Potass, bromide, - - 1 " 

Ammon. bromide, - - 2 drachms. 

Potass, bicarbonat, - - 3 " 



2 


grains. 


8 


(t 


8o 


u 


% 


ounce. 


3 


u . 


5 


tc 



— 35 — 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily. 

Barley or cracker water, oatmeal gruel, malted milk and 
the like will suffice for diet. 

(Dropsy.) 
R. Herb, digitalis pulv., 

Hydrargyr. muriat. mite, 
Sacchar. lactuc, 
F. Pulv. dos. 8. 
Sig. Take one powder every two hours. 

R. Tinct. arnica, - 

Vinegar, - 

Aqua com., 
Sig. Saturate towel and apply all over the head. 

Brairu 

(Inflammation chronic.) 

Treatment nearly the same as in acute inflammation of 
the brain, but add iodide of potass, one drachm to the last 
mixture. 

(Softening.) 
See "Inflammation chronic." 

Bright's Disease* 

R. Potass, iodid, - - - 15 grains. 

Soda phosphate, - - 30 " 

Sodium chloride, - - 1 y 2 drms. 

Aqua dest, - - - 32 ounces. 

Sig. To be taken in 24 hours; repeat twice a week. 

R. Nitro-glycerine (2 per cent, solution), 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take one drop in water every four hours. 

R. Uric acid solvent ozonized, - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 

Avoid wine, brandy, liquors and even beer; drink plenty 
of milk. 



- 3 6- 

Bubo* 

R. Acid salicyl, - 

Sig. Apply dry and thickly over the sore. 



y 2 ounce. 



aa 



R. Tinct. of iodine, - - i ounce. 

Sig. Paint bubo every day and apply compress. 

R. Ozonized clay, i ounce. 

Sig. Use one drachm of the clay at a time; mix with 

water to make a paste and apply to bubo with 

pressure. 

Burns* 

R. Iodol. 

Ichthyol, 

Vaseline, 
Sig. Apply externally. 

R. Iodoform, 

01. amygdal. dulcis, 

Aqua calcis, 
F. Liniment. 

Sig. The burnt area must be covered with cotton steeped 
in the above liniment and held in place by bandage. 

R. Oil of olivae. 
Lime water, 
Sig. Shake well, apply directly. 

R. Acid tannic, 

Sulphur, ether. 

Alcohol, 
Sig. Paint on externally. 



i drachm, 
i ounce. 

75 grains. 
2 ounces. 
%y 2 drms. 



aa 2 ounces. 



3 drachms. 



- aa i ounce. 



Bunion* 

R. Solution gutta percha, 

Iodole, 
Sig. Paint on with camel's hair brush. 



2 ounces. 
2 drachms. 



37 



R. Collodion flexible, 

Acid salicyl., 
Sig. Paint on thickly. 

R. Iodine colorless, 
Sig. Paint on. 



2 ounces. 
2 drachms. 



2 ounces. 



Cancer. 



R. 


Extr. conii ale, 


- 




i drachm. 




Menthol, - , - 


- 




5 grains. 




Extr. belladonna ale, 


- 




IO " 




Unguent, zinci. oxidi. 










Lanolin, 


- 


aa 


y 2 drachm. 


Sig. 


Apply mornings and evenings. 








R. 


Zinci chloridi. 
Auri chloridi. 
Antimonii chloridi. 










Bromini chloridi, 


- 


aa 


i drachm. 




Flour. 










Water to form a thick paste. 








Sig. 


Apply on linen. 








R. 


Zinci chloridi, 


- 




8 grains. 




Pulvis sanguinaria, 


- 




6 « 




Amyl, 


- 




8 " 


Sig. 


Apply on piece of kid. 








R. 


Arsenic. 
Sulphur. 
Zinc sulphate. 










Rochelle salts, 


- 


aa 


i drachm. 




Yolk of one egg. 








Sig 


, Back with slow heat until dry 


and 


then pulverize; 




when desired for use mix again 


with egg and apply 




on cloth. 









-38- 



R. 



Zinc, chlorid. 




Alumin pulv., 


- aa 5 grains. 


Acid tannic, 


2 " 


Ferri persulphate, 


3 u 


Glycerine q. s. for paste. 




Apply as paste or plaster. 




Creosoti pur., 


5 drachms 


Sodi bicarbonat, 


5 " 


Oil rnorrhual, 


5 ■ " 



Sig. 
R. 



F. Capsules No. ioo. 
Sig. Take three capsules three times daily. 



Ozonized clay, 2 pounds. 

Use a little at the time as a paste by stirring water 
on it and apply every day fresh; at the same time 
take internally: 
Chian turpentine mistura, - 4 ounces. 

Extr. saxifraga com p., - - 2 " 

A tablespoonful from three to four times daily. 
A nourishing diet: plenty of beef or bovinin; avoid salted 
meat, pickled fish, whisky and tobacco. 

This formula of ozonized clay externally and chian 
turpentine mixtura internally destroys every form of 
cancer or tumors. 



R. 
Sig. 



R 



Sig. 



Caries* 

(Dental.) 

R. Acid tannic, - - * - 75 grains. 

Tinct. of iodine, - - 1 drachm. 

Tinct. of myrrh, - - 1 " 

Potass, iodid, - - - 15 grains. 

Aqua rose, . . - 6 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful in a wineglassful of hot water as a 
mouth wash, four times daily. 



— 39 — 

R. Apply creosote, carbolic acid, chromic acid or 
campho-phenique on a stick directly to the necrotic 
tooth. 

Cataract* 

R. Infusion of yequirity bean, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Drop some of it into the eye three times daily; it 
will produce an artificial purulent ophthalmia, which 
speedily subsides; repeat the next day if necessary; 
the cataract will peal off. 

Canker Sores, 

R. Chromic acid,. - - - 2 to 5 grains. 

Aqua dest., 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply with a little brush. , 

R. Hydrogen peroxide, 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply with brush. 

(In Children.) 
R. Infusion of sage. 

Infusion of hysop, - - aa 1 ounce. 

Honey, - - - - 1 " 

Borax, - - - 20 grains. 

Sig. Wash out the mouth four times daily; take 

internally 
R. Hydrogen peroxide, - - 30 drops. 

Syrup of figs, 1 ounce. 

Sig. A teaspoonful every two hours until bowels move 
freely. 

Chilblains* 

R. Potass, caustic, - - 3 grains. 

Glycerine. 

Spirit rectif., - - - aa 6 drachms. 

Aqua dest, - - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply with a little brush or cotton. 



— 4 o — 

R. Acid sulphuric, i drachm. 

Oil olive, - - - 3 -" 

Spirit, of terpentine, - - i " 

Sig. Apply twice daily. 

Mix the oil and turpentine first and then add the acid 

gradually, to prevent explosion. 

R. Acid carbolici, i drachm. 

Tinct. iodine, - - - 2 " 

Acid tannic, - . - 1 ~" u 

Cerat simpl., 4 ounces. 

F. Unguentum. 

Sig. Apply two times a day. 

(Of the hands.) 

1. Bathe the hands in a decoction of walnut leaves, then 
wipe them. 

2. Rub them with camphorated alcohol. 

3. Dust with the following powder: 

. R. Bismuth subnitr., - - 10 grains. 

Amyl/ - - - tyi drms. 

4. To calm the itching rub with: 
R. Glycerine. 

Aqua rose, - - - aa- 1 jounces. 

Acid tannic, - - 1 % grains. 

5. If they are ulcerated, envelop with walnut leaves 
soaked in warm water. 



Cholera Morbus* 

R. Camphor, 2 drachms. 

Chloroform, - - - 1 " 

Yolk of one egg. 

Aqua dest, - - - i}4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful as often as necessary, add one or 

two drops of laudanum; support bowels with a flannel 

bandage; absolute rest. 



— 41 — 

R. Tinct. xanthoxilon amer. 

Aqua camphorat. 

Aqua menthae piperit, - - aa y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Take five to 15 drops every one or two hours. 

R. Argent, nitric., 1 grain. 

Acid nitr. dil., 8 drops. 

Tinct. opii deodor., - - 8 " 

Mucilage acacia, - - % ounce. 

Aqua cinnamon, - - 1 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three, four or six hours, to 
a child one year old. 

R. Oxide of zinc, - - - 50 grains. 

Tinct. of rhatany, 20 drops. 

Syrup spl., 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every half hour until vomiting 
and diarrhea are relieved. 

R. Ingluvin, - - - 12 grains. 

Saccar. lact, - - - 10 " 

F. Pulv. dos. 10. 
Sig. Take one powder every four hours. 

R. Aqua calcis, 2 drachms. 

Spirit, lavender comp. 

Syrup rhei aromat, - - aa 1 drachm. 

Tinct. opii, 10 drops. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two to four hours. 

R. Creosoti, - - v - ,2 drops. 

Katharon, y 2 drm. 

Syrup spl., - - - 4j£ " 

Aqua menthae pip., - - ij^ " 

Aqua dest, - - - 2>£ " 

Sig. Take a half teaspoonful every two hours in water, 
for children one or two years of age. 





— 42 — 






Cholera Infantum* 






(See Cholera Morbus.) 






Cholera Epidemic. 




R. 


Acid tannic, ... 


1 drachm 




Ether chlo. (1 to 10), 


2 




Acid sulph. dil.,. 


i# " 




Tinct. zingib., - 


3 




Aqua menth. pip., 


8 ounces. 


Sig. 


, Take one teaspoonful every two hours. 




R. 


Salol, - 


1 drachm. 



F. Capsules No. 12. 

Sig. Take one capsule four times daily; alternate with: 
R. Comp. tinct. of lobelia, - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a half teaspoonful every two hours in a little 
water. 



R. Tinct. lobelia. 

Tinct. bayberry. 

Tinct. capsicum, - - aa 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take at once, as an emetic; after it has acted rub 
abdomen and spine with: 

R. Oil of capsicum, - - 1 drachm. 

Alcohol, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply artificial heat and let the drinks be a few 

drops of sulphuric acid in a glass of water; then 

take internally: 

R. Potass, bromid., 
Ammon. carbonat., 
Tinct. calabar bean, 
Aqua dest. 
Syrup spl., 





3 drachms, 




2 




y 2 ounce. 


aa 


2y 2 ounces. 



— 43— . 

Sig. A tablespoonful every one to two hours; isolate trie 
patient; for drinks iced champagne with a little 
chlorate of potass, in water; over abdomen apply 
capsicum; dry heat all over the body; bovinin, milk 
with bicarbonate of soda, farinaceous substances. 
Keep everything about the room clean; disinfect 
every vessel, burn vinegar on stove or fumigate the 
room with hydronaphthol, remove evacuation every 
time, destroy the bed odor by pouring a solution of 
sulphate of iron into the bedpan; good ventilation. 
After convalescence use tonics and stimulants. 





Chordee. 




R. 


Tinct. veratrum virid.^ 


1 drachm. 


Sig. 


Take 20 drops at bedtime. 




R. 


Antipyrine, 


15 grains. 


Sig. 


Take at one dose and go to bed. 




R. 


Aqua camphorae, 


4 ounces. 




Potass, bromid., 


% " 




Potass, nitr., - 


2 drachms. 




Tinct. gelsemium, 


1 ounce. 


Sig. 


Take a teaspoonful after dinner, one 
and one before retiring. 


after supper 



Sleep on hard mattress; avoid all sexual thoughts. 

Chancres* 

(Soft.) 

R. Hydrogen peroxide, 4 drachms. 

Sig. Apply to the sore until blubbering has ceased, then 

use locally the following powder dry: 
R. Calomel, - - 1 drachm. 

Bismuth subnitr. 

Pulv. cinch, flavae, - - aa 2 drachms. 

This is painless and odorless. 



44 — 



R. Iodoform, 

Hydrastin. 

Acid tannic, - - - aa 

Lycopodium, - 

Sig. Apply morning and evening. 

R. Black wash, 

Sig. Saturate medicated cotton and apply 
keep cotton moist. 

(Hard.) 
R. Nitrate or mercury, 

Vaseline, - 

Sig. Apply on cotton morning and evening. 



10 grains. 

6 grains, 
i drachm. 



6 ounces, 
constantly; 



Yv drachm, 
i ounce. 



Chanceroids, 



R. 



Acid tannic, - 

Extr. opii aquos, 
Cupri sulphuric, 
Aqua dest, - 

Sig. Apply on cotton ; keep it wet. 
For treatment internally see u Syphilis." 



2 grains. 

2 " 



i ounce. 



Chest* 

(Painful.) 

R. Sodii salicyl. 

Potass, nitr. 

Pulvis ipecac et opii, 
F. Capsules No. io. 
Sig. Take one every three hours. 



(Dropsy) 



R. Gummi galban. dep. 
Acetic, scillit. 
Aqus foenicul. 



aa 20 grains. 



3 drachms. 
2 ounces. 



— 45 — 

Liquor ammon. acet. - - 2 drachms. 

Ether nitr. - - - i " 

Syrup althac, i ounce. 
Sig. Take a tablespoonful every hour. 

Chills. 

(Congestive.) 

R. Morphium sulph. - - ^ grain. 

Atropia sulph. - - 1-40 grain. 

Sig. Inject hypodermically. 

R. Oil of cloves, / 

Tinct. opii. 

Ether sulph, - - - aa 2 drachms. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in water every morning ; Over day- 
time take: 

R. Quinine sulph. - ,- 1 drachm. 
Tinct. cinchonia comp. - 2 ounces- 
Aqua dest. - - - 2 " 
'Syrup spl. - - - 2 " 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every two to four hours. 

Change of Life* 

R. Hayden's Viburnum comp. - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three to four times daily in a 
half glass of hot water. 

R. Extr. Gentiana fl. - - y 2 ounce. 

Extr. Peruv. bark fl. - - 1 * " 

Wine of coca, - - 2 x / 2 ounces. 

Brandy, - - - % ounce. 

Syrup auranti, - - 1 j£ ounce. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful one hour before meals. 

Plenty of fresh air, exercise,- hip baths as hot as possible 
light diet, open bowels. 



- 4 6- 

Chlorosis, 

R. Glycerite of Kephaline, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take thirty drops in a little water thrice daily one 

hour before meals ; between take: 
R. Ozonized tinct. of oats, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Thirty drops in a little water every four hours ; for 

children one drop for every year of their age as 

frequent. 
Fresh air, sun light, daily bathing followed with mas- 
sage, a most liberal and variated diet, bowels regulated 
with cascara, sagrada, cordial. 

Cirrhosis* 



R. 


Iodid of ammon. 


- 


1 ounce. 




Liqu. jalapa arsen. 


- 


y 2 drachm, 




Tinct. colombae, 


- 


j£ ounce. 




Aqua dest. 


- 


i# u 


Sig 


. Take a teaspoonf ul three times i 


a day 


before meals. 




Clapp* 








(See Gonorrhea.) 

< 








Constipation* 








(Chronic.) 






R. 


Acid boraxic, 


- 


30 grains. 


Sig 


. Apply above amount daily to 
brane of the anus and rectum. 


the 


muccous mem 


R. 


Aloin, - - 


- 


12 grains. 




S. extr. hyoscyamus, 


- 


24 " 




S. extr. rhei, 


- 


48 " 




Oil of cajeput, 


- 


24 drops. 


F. 


Pil. No. 24. 







Sig. Take one pill every night at bedtime. 



— 47 — 



R. Rectal glycerine suppositories No. 12. 
Sig. Insert one into the rectum daily. 

(In Infants*) 

R. Olei morrhuae, 5 drachms. 

Aqua calcis, - - - 5 u 

Syrup calcis lactophosphat, - 2^ " 

Sig. Take 15 to 30 drops after each meal. 

R. Rub the abdomen with sweet oil. 

R/ Potophyllin, - - - % grains. 

Alcohol, - - - J5 drops. 

Syrup althae, 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a desertspoonful daily. 



Conjunctivitis* 

R. Acid borici, - - - 20 grains. 

Aqua camphorae. 

Aqua dest, - - - aa 2 ounces. 

Sig. Bathe the eyes freely, dropping two drops in each 
eye four times daily. 

R. Hydrarger. oxidi flavi, 

Adipis benzoati, 
Sig. Put a little into the eye. 



I ( 


gram, 
irachm. 


IC 
IC 
2 

6 


• grains. 
» » 
drachms. 

u 



R. Acid borici, - - 

Acid tannic, 

Glycerine, - - - 

Aqua rose, • - 

Sig. Put a few drops into the eye every three hours. 

R. Infusion of equirity bean, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Drop some of the infusion into the eyes three times 
daily; an artificial purulent ophthalmia will be 
produced, which speedily subsides; if necessary 
repeat the second day. 



- 4 8- 

Condylomata* 

R. Hydrarger. chlorid. corros., - 20 grains. 

Aqua dest., 1 ounce. 

Sig. Wash well with soap and water, then touch with 
this solution on a small sponge or cottony don't use 
the fingers. 



R. Cantharid pulv., - - 20 grains. 

Hydrarger. muriat. corros., - 1 drachm. 

Iyiq. stibi. muriat., - - 40 grains. 

Vaseline, - - - % ounce. 

Sig. Spread a little on cotton and apply. 

(With broad bases.) 
R. Cover with emplastrum hydrargeri. 

Colic* 

R. Chloroform, 

Tinct. of capsicum, 

Alcohol, 

Tinct. opii cam ph., 

Syrup of zingiber., - - 1 " 

Sig. A half teaspoonful in water until relieved. 

R. A towel folded, dipped in hot mustard water, wrung 
out and applied to the stomach. 



10 drops. 
10 u 
y 2 ounce. 



R. Oil of turpentine, 
Chloroform, 
. Soda bicarb., 

Mucilaga acacia q. s. ad., 



1 drachm. 
10 drops. 
10 grains. 
3 ounces. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two to three hours for a 
child six months old. 



— 49 — 
(Gaseous.) 

R. Hoffmann's anodyne, - - y 2 ounce. 

Oil of carvi, - - 1 drachm. 

Oil of anis., - - - % " 

Oil of menth. pip., - - 20 drops. 

Sig. Take 20 drops in water or on a lump of sugar every 
half hour. 

Corns* 

R. Gum camphor. 

Chloral hydrate, - - aa 2 drachms. 

F. Triturate. 
Sig. Apply a few drops every night for about two weeks. 

R. Liquor potass., 1 olrachm. 

Sig. Apply a few times a day with a toothpick. 

R. Acid salicyl., 9 grains. 

Extr. canabis indicae n\, - 1 drop. 

Collodion, - - - 48 " 

Sig. Apply to the corn every night with a camel's hair 

.brush. 

v 

R. Collodion, 1 ounce. 

Salicylic acid, 1 drachm. 

Sig. Apply to corns at bedtime. 

Confectioner's Disease* 

This disease is a combination of onychia with parony- 
chia, terminating at length in gangren, the result of the 
immersion of the hands in hot and cold syrups and the 
rubbing in of sugar, etc. The treatment consists of 
washing the parts with boraxic lotions and wrapping them 
in boraxic cotton wool. 

The patient must discontinue working at his trade. 



— 5 o — 

Cough* 

A strong and sonorous cough suggests spasmodic croup. 
A hoarse and rough cough is an indication of true croup. 
When the cough is clear and distinct, there is bronchitis. 
When it is suppressed and painful, there is pneumonia 
and pleurisy. 

If the cough is convulsive, it indicates whooping cough. 

R. Oxalate of cerium, 2 drachms. 

F. Capsules No. 12. 

Sig. Take one capsule every two to four hours. 



R. 


Spirit, ether nitr., 


3 drachms 




Liq. tolutani, - - v - 


1 " 




Terpine, 


2 ounces. 




Oxymel scillae q. s. ad, 


6 " 


Sig. 


Take a teaspoonful three times daily for an adult. 


R. 


Extr. yerba santa fL, 


1 ounce. 




Bxtr. grindelia robusta fL, 


1 " 




Syrup prun virgin., 


3 " 


Sig. 


Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 




R. 


Potass, iodid, - 


4 drachms 




Pulv. potass, chlor., 


4 " 




Aqua dest, 


3 ounces. 


Sig 


Take a tablespoonful every half hour. 




R. 


Morphium bimecon., 


1 grain. 




Ammon. muriat., 


1 drachm. 




Aqua camphor, 


1 y 2 ounces 




Aqua dest., 


3 ■ " 


Sig 


Take a teaspoonful as required. 




R. 


Gurjun oil, 


1 drachm. 




Bxtr. of malt, 


6 ounces. 



Sig. Take a tablespoonful four times daily. 





— 51 — 




T 




Cold. 






R. 


Potass, nitr., 


- 


i drachm. 




Aqua dest, 


- 


2 ounces. 




Listerine, 


- 


1 " 


Sig 


■. Use with atomizer up the nostrils three times a day, 


R. 


Roasted coffee, 


- 


50 grains. 




Menthol, 


- 


2 




Sugar, 


- 


50 « 


F. 


Purvis. 
;. Use as snuff- 






R. 


Ammon. chlorid., 


_ 


i ounce. 




Extr. glycyrrhizae fe., 


- 


2 " 




Syrup prun. virgin., 


- 


1 « 




Syrup ipecac, 


- 


2 " 




Aqua dest., 


- 


2 u 


Si§ 


;. Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 





R. Extr. of gelsemium fl., - 20 drops. 

Sig. Take 10 drops upon retiring at night. 



R. Iodoform, 


1 drachm, 


Acid tannic, 


1 grain. 


Camphor trit, 


1 drachm, 


Bismuth sub nitr., 


1 " 


Sig. Use as a snuff every two hours. 




R. Tinct. camphorae comp., 


1 drachm, 


Tinct. cinchona comp., 


2 " 


Spirit, ether nitr., 


2 " 


Aqua dest., 


2 ounces. 


Sig. Take the whole at bedtime. 




R. Morphine sulph., 


2 grains. 


Bismuth sub nitr., 


1 drachm, 



Sig. Use as a snuff. 



52 



R. 

Sig. 

R. 
F. 

Sig. 

R. 



Tinct. aconiti, - 


1 drachm. 


Tinct. belladonna, 


2 u 


Take five drops every two hours. 




Salicylic acid, - 


40 grains. 


Capsules No. 4. 




Take one capsule every four hours. 




Naphthalin pulv., 


6 drachms 


Boric acid, - 


6 


Camphor trit, - 


15 grains. 


Kxtr. of violets fl., 


15 " 


Essence of rose, 


10 drops. 



Sig. To be used as a snuff. 

Collapse* 

R. Solution of camphor (alcoholic), - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take 10 drops on sugar every half hour. 

R. Use electricity. 

R. Nitroglycerine (one per cent, solution), 1 drachm. 
Sig. Inject from three to 10 .drops hypodermically. 

(From chloroform or ether.) 
< 
R. Nitroglycerine (one per cent, solution), 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take one drop on tongue or between lips and repeat 

if necessary every 10 to 20 minutes. 



Convulsions* 

(Puerperal.) 

R. Tinct. veratrum virid (Norwood's tincture), 

- - 80 drops. 

Sig. Take 20 drops every 15 minutes, until pulse is 
soft and reduced to normal (75); if vomited, repeat. 



— 53 — 

R. Pilocarpin, 2 grains. 

Aqua dest, i drachm. 

Sig. Inject 10 drops hypodermically, and repeat if 
necessary four to five times in 36 hours. 

(In Chlorotic Women.) 

R. Auri bromidi, 1 grain. 

Arsenici bromidi, - - 1 " 

Ferri bromidi, 30 grains. 

F. Pil. No. 20. 

Sig. Take one pill after each meal. 

(In Children,) ' 

R. Calomel, - - - 3 to 5 grains. 

Sig. Take at once! After a few hours take: 

R. Chloral hydrat, - - 24 grains. 

Potass, bromidi, - - 48 " 

Aqua dest. 

Syrup spl., - - - aa 6 drachms. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful and repeat in a few hours if 
necessary; this dose is for a child two years old. 



R. Musk, ... 


- 


3 grains. 


Chloral hydrat, 


- 


10 " 


Camphor trit., 


- 


5 " 


Water com., 


- 


5 ounces. 


Sig. Inject from one to five ounces 


into the rectum. 


(In Children Teething and Worms.) 




R. Potass, bromidi, 


- 


24 grains. 


Extr. gelsemium fl., 


- 


8 drops. 


Extr. aconit fl., 


- 


5 " 


Glycerine, 


- 


1 drachm. 


Aqua dest, 


- 


8 ounces. 



Sig. Take a small teaspoonful every three hours. 



— 54 — 

R. Undress the child and bathe it in warm mustard 
water by gentle friction; if head is hot apply vinegar 
and water ice cold on forehead; internally give a few 
drops paregoric; open bowels with a warm water 
injection if constipated; give the child rest in bed. 

Cocaine* 

(How to use it.) 

R. Phenol, - - - 2 drops. 

Aqua dest, 1 drachm. 

Shake until the solution is perfect, then add: 

Cocaine hydrochlor, - - 10 grains. 

In diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat; also hypo- 
dermically to be safe. 

Coma* 

R. Inject vinegar by the rectum, apply ice to the back 
of the neck, inhale spirits of ammonia, sprinkle cold 
water in the face, give an emetic, use electricity, 
make him sneeze, talk loud into his ears and don't 
allow him to sleep; if necessary give: 

R. Nitroglycerine (one per cent, solution), } drachm. 

Sig. Put one drop on tongue every 20 minutes; regulate 
pulse with: 

R. Tinct. veratrum virid, 1 drachm. 

Spirits of ammonia, - - 2 " 

Syrup spl., y* ounce. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in water every half hour. 

Concussion* 

(Of the brain.) 

R. Sulphonal, 60 grains. 

F. Pulv. dos. 4. 

Sig. Take one powder in warm water every hour; 
between take: 



— 55 — 

R. Ammonii brornidi, i drachm. 

Extr. valerian n., 2 " 

Tinct. aconit rad, - - 20 drops. 

Aqua dest. 

Syrup spl., - - - aa 1 ounce. 
Sig. A teaspoonful every two hours; keep room dark and 

quiet; allow patient to sleep. 

Consumption, 

(See Phthisis and Tuberculosis.) 

Cooking Eggs* 

(See Index.) 

Croup* 

R. Aqua dest., - - 1 ounce. 

* Potass, chlorat. 

Potass, iodid, - - - aa 1 drachm. 

Emulsio arabicae, 2 ounces. 

Mucilaga acacia (extr. ipecac.) 
Oil res. copaibae, - - aa 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every 10 minutes, to an infant 
of eight months, until free vomiting ensues, and 
then continue the same dose every half hour or hour. 

R. Calcium sulphide, - - 2 grains. 

Aqua dest., 20 drms. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour. 

R. Pilocarpin muriat, - - j£ grain. 

Pepsin, - - - - 2 " 

Acid hydrochlor., 2 drops. 

Aqua dest., - - - 2^ ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour. 



56- 



I & 


rachi 


n. 


2^ 


w 




5 


u 




10 


u 





R. Oil of turpentine rft, 

Oil of sweet almond, 

Syrup spl., 

Mucilage of acacia, 

Yolk of one egg. 

Aqua canella q. s. ad, 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour, for a child 10 years 
old. 



R. Pulvis caryophillae, 

Pulvis pimenta, 

Pulvis cinnamon, 

Pulvis sinapis alba, 

Vaseline, - 

Sig. Spread on muslin and apply over chest. 



2 drachms. 

2 

2 

2 

2 ounces. 



R. Hot water applied around the neck of the child will 
bring relief in 10 minutes. 

Dandruff* 



R. Potass, caustic, 


- 




8 grains. 


Acid phenic, 


- 




24 " 


Lanolin. 








Cocoanut oil, 


- 


aa 


4 drachms. 


Sig. Rub into the scalp morning anc 


evening. 


R. Olei ergotae, 


- 




3 ounces. 


Lanolin, 


- 




1 


Olei verbenae, - -. 






5 drops. 


Olei rosae, 


- 




3 " 


Sig. Rub into the scalp well twice a 


day 






R. Borax pulv., 


- 




1 drachm. 


Spts. of camphor, 


.- 




1 ounce. 


Liniment saponis, 


- 




2 " 


Glycerine, 


- 




a u 


Sulphur, - < 


- 




2 drachms. 


Aqua dest, 


- 




12 ounces. 



— 57 — 

Sig. Use on the scalp three times a week; at other times 
use rain water. 

Delirium Tremens. 



R. 


Tinct. capsici, ... 


y 2 ounce. 




Bromide (Peacock), 


i " 




Celerina, 


2J^ " 


Sig. 


Take a teaspoonful in water as required. 




R. 


Opii pulv., - 


6 grains. 




Ipecac pulv., - 


12 " 




Sacchar. alb., ... 


i drachm. 


F. 


Pulv. dos. 6. 




Sig. 


Take one powder every two hours. 
(See Alcoholism also.) 





Deafness* 

(From anaemia.) 

R. Ozonized tint, avena sativa, - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 

(From congestion.) 

R. Hot foot baths, purgatives, mustard plaster to nap 
of neck. 

(From quinine, opium or tobacco.) 

R. Wine of coca, 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful thrice daily. 

(Organic.) 

R. Mullein oil, - - - i ounce. 

Sig. Drop five drops into the ear mornings and evenings. 

R. Nitroglycerine (one per cent.) solution, y 2 ounce. 
Sig. Take two drops in water twice to four times daily. 



-53- 

Dengue Fever* 

R. Tartar emetic, 2 grains. 

Ipecac pulv., - - - 40 " 

Syrup spl., 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every hour until free vomiting 
sets in, then take: 

R. Magnesia sulphate, y 2 ounce. 

Aqua dest, - - 6 " 

Sig. Take at once! After bowels empty follow with an 
alcoholic vapor bath; then take: 

R. Warburg's tincture, 4 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful every three hours; alternate with: 

R. Hydrogen peroxide, 1 ounce. 

Aqua dest., - - - 5 " 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily; nurse 
carefully and give plenty of bovinin or malted milk. 

Debility Nervous* 

R. Ozonized glycerite of kephaline, 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in a little water thrice daily, one 
' hour before meals. 

R. Ozonized tinct. of oats, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in a little water every four hours; 
for children one drop for every year of their age. 

R. Coca et celerina fl., - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water thrice daily. 

R. Wine of coca, - - - 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every three hours. 

R. Pil. damiana, phosphorous et nux vomica, No. 50. 
Sig. Take one pill mornings and evenings. 



— 59 — 

Flannel over the entire body during all seasons of the 
year; sleep between blankets; the best animal food with 
malt and pepsin, a tablespoonful one hour after meals; 
regular open bowels, daily baths, massage, electricity, 
change of locality, mountain air, muscular exercise, 
amusements, travels, change in all things; avoidance of 
sexual intercourse, postponement of marriage. 

Whisky, beer, coffee, tea and tobacco are strongly 
prohibited. 

Diarrhea* 

R. Salol, - - - - 2 drachms. 

Bismuth sub nitr., - - 4 u 

Mistura cretae q. s. ad, - 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 



R. Aqua calcis, - *- - 2 ]/i ounces. 

Spirit, lavender cornp., - - j£ " 

Syrup rhei aromatic, 6 drachms. 

Tinct. opii, - - - */ 2 " 

Sig. Take a desertspoonful every two to four hours, one 
after each evacuation. 

R. Ingluvin, 1 drachm. 

Morphine sulph., - - ij^ grains. 

F. Pulvis dos. 12. 
Sig. Take one powder every four to six hours. 

R. Bismuth carb., 1 drachm. 

Extr. hamatoxic, - - 40 gi ains. 

Opii pulv., - - - y 2 " 

Ipecac pulv., - - - 1 " 

Hydrarg. sulph. men., - - 1 " 

F. Pulvis dos. 12. 

Sig. Take one powder every two hours. 



— 6o — 

R. Bismuth sub nitr., - - 3 drachms. 

Sodium phosphat., - - 2 " 

Sodium salicylate, - - 1 " 

L,actopeptine, - - - ]/ 2 " 

Aqua dest, - - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every one or two hours. 

(In Children from improper quantity or quality of food*) 
R. Calomel, 2 grains. 

Ipecac pulv., - - - 2 " 

Creta prrapar., - - - 18 " 

Bxtr. hyoscyamus, - - 3 " 

F. Pulvis dos. 6. 
Sig. Take one powder every three or four hours. 

R. Magnesia sulphate, 1 drachm. 

Tinct. opii niatrat. sta., - - 12^ 

Syrup spl., y 2 ounce. 

Aqua menth. pip., - - 2^ " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours for a child one 
or two years old. 

(Green of Infants.) 
R. Acid lactic, - - - 5 to 10 grains. 

Aqua flor. auranti, 1 ounce. 

Aqua anethi., - - - 4 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful as often as necessary. 

Diet: Flour meals, boiled milk; breadstuff, starch 
puddings, especially malted milk. 

Dismenorrhea. 

R. Aletris cordial (Rio), - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily. 

R. Hayden's viburnum comp., - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in a half glass of warm water 
three times daily. 



— 6i — 

R. Permanganate of potass, tablets, one half grain each, 

No. 12. 
Sig. Take one tablet in a glass of fresh water mornings 
and evenings. 

R. Cimicifuga rac. 

Tinct. pulsatilla, - - aa t drachm. 

Tmct. gelsemin., - - x / 2 " 

Tinct. viburnum prun., - 2 " 

Syrup auranti cort, - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times a day, four days prior 
to and during the menstrual period. 

R. Camphor trit, „. - - - 10 grains. 

Pulvis doveri, - - • - 20 " 

Extr. hyoscyamus, - - 10 " 

F. Pil. No. 10. 

Sig. Take two pills every two hours until pain ceases. 



Diphtheria. 

R. Benzoate of sodium, - ' - 1 y 2 drms. 

Aqua dest., ^ - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every hour, alternated with: 

R. Sulphide of calcium, - - 2 % grains. 

Syrup spl., 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour; in addition the 
throat to be thoroughly sprayed every half hour with: 

R. Benzoate of sodium, - - 1 drachm. 

Aqua dest, - - - 10 " 

R. Spray throat every 10 minutes with bovinin and 
hydrogen peroxyde for six to eight hours, then at 
longer intervals. 



— 62 — 

R. Tinct. ferri chloridi, 4 drachms. 

Ljq. ammon. acetat., 2 ounces. 

Potass, chlorate, 1 drachm. 

Aqua dest, - - - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful every hour, according to the 
gravity of the case. 

R. Infus. eucalypti., 3 ounces. 

Glycerine, - - - 2j4 drms. 

Acid salicyl, - - - 4^ grains. 

Aqua laurocerasi, - - 15 drops. 

Sig- Apply by means of a brush or swab every hour, at 
night every two to three hours. 

R. Papain, - - - * 2 ounces. 

Hydronaphthol, - - 3 grains. 

Acid hydrochlor. dil., - - 15 drops. 

Aqua dest., - - - 32 ounces. 

Sig. Use carefully by means of hand atomizer every half 
hour on throat, nostrils and pharynx. 

R. Antitoxin injections. 

R. Tobacco juice found in the stems of pipes 

after long usage, 40 grains. 

Alcohol, 7 drachms. 

F. Filter. 

Sig. Apply with swab every half to one hour, at the 
same time gargle if possible with a watery infusion 
of tobacco leaves every two hours. 

R. Papoid, - - - - 10 grains. 

Aqua dest., ' J^ ounce. 

Sig. Paint every 20 minutes. 



-6 3 - 

R. Papoid, ... _ 2 drachms. 

Beta naphthol, 3 grains. 

Acid hydrochlor dil., - - 15 drops. 

Aqua dest., ... 4 ounces. 

Sig. Use every half hour by means of atomizer. 

R. Jequirity bean pulverized, - 3 grains. 

Aqua dest. (cold), . . 8j4 drrns! 

Aqua dest. (hot), - - 8*4 " 

F. Filter. 

Sig. Use as a spray by means of hand atomizer every 
half to one hour. 

Diabetes, 

R. Sodae citrate, 1 ounce. 

Aqua dest., - - - 4 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 

R. L,ithi carbonat., - - 18 grains. 

Sodi arseniat., - - - j4 " 

Extr. gentiana, - - 9 " ' , 

F. Pil. No. 12. 

Sig. Take one pill mornings and evenings until sugar in 
the urine disappears. 

R. Saccharin, 1 drachm. 

F. Capsules No. 12. 

Sig. Take one capsule four times daily. 

R. Glycerite of ozon, - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take 30 drops before meals, and: 
R. Pil. sambul, five grains each, No. 50. 
Sig. Take one pill after meals. 

R. Ozonized uric acid solvent, - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 

The diet should be highly nutritious and absolutely free 
from sugar. 






-6 4 



S 



Digestion* 

(Painful.) 

R. Spirits of chloroform, i ounce. 

Tinct. cardamomi comp., - 2 " ■ 

Elixir pepsini, - - - 1 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful before meals in water; use plenty 
of malted milk. 

Digestion of Diet* 

(See Index.) 

Diet of Strong Man* 

(See Index*) 

Diseases In Books* 

(See Index.) 

Disinfectants* 

(See Index*) 

Dog Bites* 

R. Apply pure carbolic acid to destroy the poison. 

R. Hydrogen peroxide, - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply constantly on linen. 

R. Cauterize the wound freely with caustic potash, or 
chop a number of red onions very fine and beat into 
them pulverized muriate of ammonia; apply for 
several hours; later on poultice with lobelia and 
slippery elm; see "Hydrophobia" also. 

Drinks for Hot Weather* 

(See Index.) 

Drowning* 

(See Asphyxia,) 



65- 



Dropsy* 

Dropsy of the feet alone means heart disease; dropsy of 
the belly alone means liver disease, and dropsy of all the 
body means kidney disease. 



R. Potass, bitartrat., 


y 2 ounce. 


Extr. convallariae nor. fl., 


i~y 2 drms. 


Syrup spl. q. s. ad, 
Sig. Take one half to a tablespoonful in 
four times daily. 


4 ounces, 
water three to 


R. Tinct. digitalis, 
Potass, iodid, 


2 T / 2 drms. 

2 


Tihct. opii comp., - ' - 
Syrup pruni virg., 
Syrup scillae, 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 


y 2 ounce. 
2 " 
1 


R. Pulvis digitalis, 

Pulvis scillae, - 


6 grains. 
12 " 


Massa hydrarger., 
F. Pil. No. 12. 


12 " 


Sig. Take one pill every four hours. 




R. Blue mass, 

S. extr. digitalis, 
Pulvis gambo, - 
Pulvis scillae, 


25 grains. 

12 " 

12 " 


F. Pil. No. 45. 




Sig. Take two pills every two hours for 
free catharsis is produced, repeated 
until relief. 


an adult, until 
every two days 


(Of Children.) 
R. Extr. levistici fl., 


1 ounce. 


Aqua dest., ... 

Spirit, nitr. ether, 

Syrup auranti, - 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every hour. 
9 


4 ." 

y 2 drachm. 

y 2 ounce. 





— 66 








1 


Dyspepsia* 






. 


R. Fellis bo vis purif., 


- 


- 


1 drachm 




Extr. mix vomica, 


- 


- 


1 grain. 




Aloin, 


- 


^ 


1 " 




Oil cinnamon, 


- 


- 


1 drop. 




F. *Pil. No. 20. 










Sie. Take two pills between 


meals. 







R. Acid hydrochlor. dil., - - 5 drachms.- 

L,actopeptine, - - - 2^ " 

Xiq. potass, arsenic, - - 1 " 

Glycer. acid carbol., - - 2 Y / 2 " 

Syrup zingiberis, - 1 y 2 ounces. 

Aqua menth. pip., - - 4 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in a wineglass of water after 
each meal. 



6 drops. 



drachm. 



R. Acid carbolic, 

Tinct. nux vomica, 

Acid nitr. mur. dil., 

Elixir lactopeptine, - - 3 

Spirit, frumenti, - - 2 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times a day before meals. 



54 ounce. 

u 



R. Papoid, - - - - 18 grains. 

Soda bicarb., - - - 36 " 

Oil menth. pip., 3 drops. 

F. Pulvis dos. 12. 

Sig. Take one powder after each meal. 



R. Papoid, - - - - 36 grains. 

Mucilage acacia, - -. 1 ounce. 

Aqua dest, - - 6 " 

Sig. Take one tablespoonful three times daily. 





-67- 






(Flatulent.) 




R. 


Creasot pure, - 


10 drops. 




Sodi bicarbonate, 


2 drachms, 




Acacia pulv. q. s. 






Aqua dest, - 


5 ounces. 


Sig 


. Take a teaspoonful one hour after each meal. 




(In Children.) 




R. 


Acid hydrochlor. dil., 


% drachm, 




Syrup auranti cort., 


1 " 




Tincture auranti cort., 


1 




Infusion cascarillae, - - 


1 ounce. 


Sig. 


, Take a teaspoonful twice a day. 




R. 


Papoid, ... - 


18 grains. 




Sacchar. lactis, 


12 " 




Soda bicarb., - - - 


1 drachm. 


F. 


Pulvis dos. 12. 





Sig. Take one powder before each meal. 

R. Drink plenty of hot water before meals. 

Regulate diet; whisky, wine, coffee and tobacco 
prohibited. 



Dysentery* 

R. Chloroform, 1 drachm. 

Creosote, - - - 8 drops. 

Camphor, - - - 16 grains. 

Oil menth. pip., - - 16 drops. 

Syrup auranti cort., - - i- ounce. 

Mucilage acacia, - - 3 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 
Diet, malted milk. 



68 — 






R. Extract myrcia cerifera. fl. 






Syrup rhei aromatic, 


- aa 


i ounce. 


Spirits of camphor, 


- 


V* " 


Tincture capsici, 


- 


5 drops. 


Oil of caryophill., 


- 


3 " 


Sig. Take from five drops to half 


teaspoonful every time 


the bowels move. 






Diet, malted milk. 






R. Plumbi acetat, - 


- 


2 drachms. 


Tincture opii, 


_- 


3 " 


Aqua q. s. ad, 


- 


6 ounces. 


Sig. Inject into the rectum. 






Earache, 






R. Atropia sulphate, 


- 


i grain. 


Morphia muriate, 


- 


2 " 


Glycerine, 


- 


2y 2 drms. 


Sig. A few drops to be introduced into 


the external 


auditory canal. 







Earwax* 

R. L,iqu. soda chlorin., 5 drops. 

Zinci sulphat, 2 grains. 

Aqua rose, 1 ounce. 

Sig. Drop in two times daily after washing with warm 
salt water. 

. Ear Inflammation* 

R. Oil mullein, - - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Drop three drops into the ear frequently. 



Ear Furuncle* 

R. Menthol, 

Oil amygdal. dulcis, 
Sig. Introduce twice daily on cotton. 



15 grains. 
5 drachms. 



-69- 




Ear Discharge* 




R. Boroglyceride, - 


y 2 ounce. 


Sig. Drop five drops into the ear night and morning. 


R. Zinci sulphate, 


6 grains. 


Lotion plumbi, 


6 ounces. 


Sig. Use as a wash internally. 




R. Zinci sulphate, 


2 grains. 


Glycerine, 


i drachm. 


Aqua callidae, - 


i ounce. 


Sig. Inject into the ear. 




R. Solution hydrogen peroxide (10 per cent.) 


4 ounces. 


Sig. Use as a wash internally. 




R. Potass, permanganate, 


6 grains. 


Acid carbolic, ... 


% " 


Aqua dest, ... 


2 ounces. 


Sig. Inject frequently. 





Ear Ulceration* 

R. Acid nitrici, - - - io drops. 

Aqua dest., ... 8 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful thrown into the ear three times daily. 

R. Camphorat. chloral, - 5 grains. 

Glycerine, 30 drops. 

Oil amygdal. dulcis, - - 10 " 

Sig. Rub behind the ear and apply on cotton a few drops 
to be put into the ear. 

Ear — Insects In* 

R. Remove insects in the ear by pouring warm water in. 



— 7o — 

Eczema, 

R. Unguent, picis liquid., 

Unguent, aqua rose, 

Zinci oxidi, 
Sig. Spread on lint and apply. 



R 



y 2 drachm, 
i y 2 ounces, 
i drachm. 



2 drachms. 



Acid carbolic, - 

Glycerine q. s. to dissolve. 

Syrup auranti, - - - 12 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful morning and evening. 



aa 5 drachms. 



1 ounce. 

u 



R. Oxide of zinc. 

Gelatin, 

Glycerine, 

Aqua dest, 2 

Sig. Heat slightly and apply with a camel's hair brush. 

R. t Bismuth sub nitr., 1 drachm. 

Lanolin, 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply and bandage mornings and evenings. 



R. Papoid, - 

Boraxic acid, - 

Aqua dest, - 

Sig. To be painted on the parts twice daily. 



72 grains. 

35 " 

1 y 2 ounces. 



1 pound. 



R. Resorcin salicylic soap, 
Sig. Wash the parts twice a day, rub in the foam, then 
wipe dry. 



Elephantiasis* 

R. Use electricity in the form of continuous and inter- 
rupted currents and with electrolysis, together with 
massage and pressure by means of the rubber bandage. 



— 7i — 

Embalming Fluid, 

R. Arsenious acid, - - 14 ounces. 

Caustic soda, - - - 7 " 

Water com., - - - 20 " 

Carbolic acid sufficient to render the fluid 
opalescent, then add water enough to make 100 ounces. 
Sig. Inject into the umbilical vein; by adding a little 
carmine to the above solution the body will have a 
lifelike color. 

Emissions* 

(Seminal.) . 

R. Potass, bromidi, - - 1 ounce. 

Tincture ferri chloridi, - - 1 " 

Aqua dest, - - - 3 " 

Sig. Take one to two teaspoonsful in water one hour 
after meals and at bedtime. 

R. Tincture of gelsemium, - t ounce. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in water before retiring; during day 

time take: 
R. Extract salix nigra fl., - 4 ounces. 

Syrup spl., - - - 2 " 

Sig. A teaspoonful thrice daily, alternated with: 
R. Glycerite of kephaline, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in a little water three times a day. 

The entire body should be bathed every day, followed 
with friction; the diet digestible; all stimulants avoided; 
before retiring the bladder should be emptied; sleep on a 
straw mattress with little covering; an alarm clock should 
be set so as to awake at an early hour; avoid horse or 
bicycle riding, toying with ladies or reading sexually 
exciting literature; patient should wear a suspensory during 
the day; bathe the sexual parts thrice daily in cold water 
with castile soap, then wipe dry. 






72 



Embolism* 




Chlorate of potass., 


i drachm. 


Sulphate of soda, 


2 " 


Aqua dest. 




Syrup spl., 


aa 2 ounces. 


Take a tablespoonful thrice daily. 




Tincture of belladonna, 


i drachm. 


Aqua dest., ... 


6 ounces. 


Take a teaspoonful every hour. 




Amnion, sesquicarbonic, 


i drachm. 


Potass, bicarbonat., • - 


20 grains. 


Aqua dest. 




Syrup spl., 


aa 2 ounces. 



R. 



Sig. 
R. 

Sig. 
R. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour. 

Patient must be kept quiet in bed, nothing allowed to 
disturb him; plenty of fresh air; diet, malted milk, raw 
eggs, soups or bovinin. 

Emphysema, 

(See Phthisis.) 

Enema* 

(Nutritive.) 

R. Bovinin, 8 ounces. 

Wine, - - - - 4 " 

Yolk of eggs, - - - 2 " 

Dry peptone, - - - 4 drachms. 

Sig. To be injected into the rectum in small portions at 
intervals during the day. 

Epilepsy* 

R. Monobromide of gold, - - 2 grains. 

Sacchar. alb., - - - . 10 " 

F. Pulvis dos. 16. 



— 73 



Sig. 



R. 



Take one powder mornings and evenings; for 
children the dose is one third of the above. 



Sig. 



Potass, iodid. 








Potass, bromidi. 








Ammon. bromidi, 


- 


aa 


y 2 ounce. 


Tincture belladonna, 


- 




48 drops. 


Syrup zingiberis, 


- 




3 ounces 


Aqua dest, 


- 




3 " 


Take a tablespoonful 


three times a 


day 


, for a boy 


1 8 years of age. 








Sodium bromide. 








Potass, bromide. 






- 


Ammon. bromide, 


- 


aa 


3 drachms. 


Potass, iodid. 








Ammon. iodid, 


- 


aa 


1 y 2 drms. 


Ammon. carbonate, 


- 




T " 


Tincture of colomba, 


- 




\y 2 ounces. 


Aqua dest., 


- 




8 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily; if too strong 
' dilute with water. 

R. Examine the teeth and if found carious, have them ex- 
tracted; also examine penis of little boys, especially if 
the foreskin is all right; the wearing of eye glasses is 
also curative in some cases of epilepsy. The bowels 
must be kept open; a fruit and vegetable diet is of 
. advantage. 

Epistaxis. 

R. Inject lemon juice with glass syringe into the nostrils. 

R. Immerse feet and legs up to the knees in hot water. 

R. Insert cotton saturated with oil of turpentine into the 
nostrils. 



74 



R. Push down a clothes pin over the nose; the nose 
should be grasped from above downward; after 20 
minutes remove the clothes pin. 



Erysipelas, 



R. Carbolic acid, 



Mucilage, 



- - - 1 drachm. 

1 ounce. 
Sig. Paint daily and allow to dry. 

R. Extract iaborandi, - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply with camel's hair brush, at the same time 
take internally 20 drops in water every four hours. 

R. Ergotin, 1 drachm. 

Aqua dest., - - - 6^£ ounces. 

Sig. Paint on the affected surface. 

R. Tincture aconit rad., - - y 2 drachm. 

Extract pilocarpus, -', - }& ounce. 

Syrup spl., - - i}& " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 

R. Ichthyol, 1 drachm. 

Vaseline, , - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply thickly over affected part and cover with lint 
or cotton. 



1 drachm. 
1/ 



/ 2 ounce. 
i 1 ^ " 



R. Quinine sulphate, 

Tincture ferri muriat., 

Tincture, cinchonae, 
Sig. Apply with camel's hair brush three times in 24 
hours. 

In every case of facial erysipelas wash out the nostrils 
with a one per cent, solution of boric acid, used with a 
atomizer. 






— 75 — 

Germination of the disease is from three to seven days. 
Eruption appears the second or third day, and fades at an 
uncertain time. 

Erythema* 
(Papular.) 



R. Talc, 

Oxide of zinc, 
Starch pulveris., 
Boric acid, 



2,% ounces. 

i% " 

3 l A " 
i drachm. 



Sig. Bathe the surface with a solution of boric acid and 
then sprinkle on the powder. 

Eruptive Fevers* 

(See Measels, Scarlet Fever and Small Pox.) 

Excitement* 

(Fearing something terrible is about to come.) 

R. Tincture of aconit, - - io drops. 

Wine of coca, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 



Excoriations and Chafings* 



R. Sem. lycopodi pulv. 

Oxide of zinc, 
Sig. Dusting powder. 

R. Unguent, zinci, 
Sig. Smear on thickly. 



y 2 ounce. 
2 drachms. 



2 ounces. 



76 





Eyes* 








(Weak.) 






R. 


Oil menth. piper., 


- 


12 drops. 




Ether sulphur, 


- 


20 " 




L,iq. Ammon. caustic, 


- 


2 drachms. 


Sig. 


Rub in a few drops outside the eyes. 






(Painful.) 






R. 


Menthol, 


- 


5 grains. 




Spirits, of camphor, 


- 


12 drops. 




Sulphate of zinc, 


- 


10 grains. 




Aqua dest., 


- 


1 ounce. 


Sig. 


Use every hour inside and on 
are very painful. 


compress 


if the eyes 



(Inflammed.) 

R. Iodoform, . - - 5 grains. 

Menthol, - - - 10 " 

Vaseline, - - - . y 2 ounce. 



Sig. 


Put a little into the 


eyes twice 


a day; 


between us< 


R. 


Atropia sulph., 


- 


- 


2 grains. 




Aqua dest, 


- 


- 


1 ounce. 


Sig. 


Put two drops twice 


daily into the eye. 




R. 


Mercury bichlorid., 


- 


- 


% grain. 




Aqua dest, 


- 


- 


1 drachm. 




Mucilage, 


- 


- 


2 " 




Tincture opii aquos, 


- 


- 


20 drops. 


Sig. 


Put a few drops into the eyes twice daily. 



(Eyelids granulated.) 

R. Distill, of jequirity bean, - y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Put a few drops into the eye twice daily; after the 

acute inflammation subsides, also the suppuration, 

employ: 



— 77 — 

R. Sulphate of zinc, - - 5 grains. 

Aqua dest., 1 ounce. 

Sig. A few drops put into the eyes three times daily. 

(Eyes, lime in.) 
R. Bathe the eyes freely with sugar water. 

Fainting, 

R. Nitroglycerine (one per cent, solution), 1 drachm. 
Sig. Put one drop on the tongue every 20 minutes. 

R. Inhale spirits of ammonia, besides rubbing the body; 
sprinkle cold water on face and breast; use electricity, 
mustard plaster; a pinch of snuff blown into the 
nostrils acts like magic. 

Facts Concerning Children* 

(See Index.) 



Feet, 




(Tender.) 




R. Oleate of zinc powd., 


1 ounce. 


Boric acid, ... 


2 " 


French chalk, ... 


3 " 


Sig. Apply mornings and evenings. 




(Sore.) 




R. Hydrarger oxydat. rubr. ppt, 


1% drms, 


Unguent, terebinth, 


1 ounce. 


Herb, sabin. pulv., 


20 grains. 



Sig. Apply a few times daily. 






- 7 8- 

(Sweating.) 

R. |Glycerine, - - - 2]/ 2 drms. 

Iron perchlorid, - - i ounce, 

Bergomot essence, - - ,20 drops. 

Sig. Bathe the feet in cold water for two days, then paint 
with this mixture night and morning. 

(Stinking.) 

R. Dust your inside stockings and shoes daily with 
boraxic acid. 

(Cold.) 
Is the result from drinking tea. 





Felons* 




(To abort.) 


R. 


Nitrate of mercury, - - y 2 drachm. 




Vaseline, 1 ounce. 


Sig. 


Apply thickly. 


R. 


Apply two leeches and keep up the bleeding for two 




hours. 


R. 


Ichthyol, 1 drachm. 




Lanolin, 1 ounce. 


Sig. 


Apply on cotton. 


R. 


Sulphide of calcium, - - 2 grains. 




Aqua dest, 2 ounces. 


Sig. 


Take a teaspoonful every hour. 


R. 


Pulv. cantharides. 




Hydrarger chlor. corros. 




Gum camphor, - - - aa 1 drachm. 




Oil of turpentine, - - 2 ounces. 


Sig 


Apply on cloths, keeping them saturated until a 




cure is affected in 48 hours. 



=—■79*— 

Fevers. 

(One day.) 

R. Tincture aconit rad., - - 20 drops. 

Hydrogen peroxide, - - 2 drachms. 

Aqua dest. q. s. ad, - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours; sponge the 
whole body with warm water; nourishing diet after 
fever abates; give plenty of malted milk. 







Fissure, 










(Of the rectum.) 






R. 


Extract iuglans. 


fl. 








Extract Virginia 


stone crop fl. 








Extract collinsonia fl., 


- aa 


2 ounces. 


Sig. 


Take a teaspoonful thrice daily; 


apply 


to the anus 


R. 


Rad. belladonna 


. pulv., 


- 


1 drachm. 




Honey, 


- 


- 


1 ounce. 


F. 


Unguentum! 








Sig 


Mornings and 


evenings. 







R. Boroglyceride, 4 drachms. 

Aqua dest., - - . - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Evacuate the bowels with castor oil, then wash out 

the rectum with this solution; wipe the parts dry 

and sprinkle over with: 
R. Iodol, y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Repeat twice a day; keep bowels open, the rectum 

clean, and in case of pain insert a cocaine suppository. 

Fistula* 

(In ano.) 

R. Hydrogen peroxide (five per cent, solution), 6 ounces. 
Sig. Use as a rectal injection; wash out the tract, then 
after drying the canal, inject: 



— 8o — 

R. Carbolic acid (95 per cent, solution.) 

Muriat of cocaine (10 per cent, solution), 

- aa 2 drachms. 

Sig. Ten to 15 drops into the depth of the fistula; two 
hours afterward inject: 

R. Oil or eucalyptus. 

Glycerine, - - - aa 2 drachms. 

Sig. A few drops; let the patient rest 24 hours, then 
repeat; lock up the bowels for a few days with: 

R. Opii pulvis, 3 grains. 

Sacchar. alb., - - - 12 " 

F. Pulvis dos. 3. 

Sig. Take one powder a day; eat very little; on the fifth 
or sixth day open bowels with castor oil. 

Fits* 

(See Spasm.) 

Flushings* 

R. Sodi bromidi, - - - - 3^ drms. 

Amnion, bromidi, - - 2 .", 

Potass, bromidi, - - 1 y 2 " 

Syrup tolu, - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful in water three times daily. , 

R. Iodoform, - — - - 21 grains. 

F. Capsules No. 7. 

Sig. Take one capsule after meals. 

A light diet; open bowels with sulphate of magnesia or 
seidlitz powder; avoid alcoholic drinks. 



1 





Florida Water* 




R. 


Oil of lavender, 
Oil of lemon, 


2 ounces, 
i "" 




Oil of orange peel, 
Oil of cloves, - 


i " 

5 drachms. 




Alcohol deodor., 


i gallon. 


Sig. 


Use locally to improve complexion 
etc.; wash the face. 

Frost Bites* 


or as a shampoo, 


R. 

Sig. 


i Potass, permanganate, 
Aqua dest, 
Apply on lint; keep wet. 


4 grains. 
2 ounces. 


R. 


• Spirits of turpentine, 
Linseed oil raw, 


i ounce. 
6 " 


Sig. 


Yolk of eggs, - 
Apply as an ointment. 


i " 


R. 


Alum, - 

Borax, «■ 


8o grains. 
8o " 




Rose water, 


io ounces. 


Sig. 


Apply constantly on linen. 




R. 


Oil of camphor, 

Lanolin, ... 


45 dro PS- 
i ounce. 


Sig 


Apply on cotton. » 




R. 


Unguent, aqua rose, 
Unguent, picis liquid, 
Pulv. zinci oxide, 


y 2 ounce. 
4 drachms. 


Sig 
ii 


Hydrarger ammonia, 
Acid carbol., 
Olive oil, 
Vaseline, 
. Apply two to three times a day. 


i " 
30 drops. 
4 drachms. 
2 x / 2 ounces. 



— 82 — 

Freezing. 

R. Spirits of ammonia, - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Paint over the painful parts four times daily. 

R. Oil amygdalar. dulcis> 4 ounces. 

Sig. Paint on the oil every half hour; avoid heat; gentle 
rubbing with snow or ice or cold water; frictions 
with flannel; very gradual application of warmth; 
inject warm wine, milk or coffee into the rectum. 
Patient must be placed in a room without fire. 



R. 

Sig. 
R. 



Freckles* 




Amnion, chlorid. fl., 


- 


1 drms. 


Acid hydrochlor. dil., 


- 


i-# " 


Glycerine, 


- 


1 " 


Lait virginal, 


- 


1 y 2 ounces. 


Apply to the freckles 


mornings 


and evenings with a 


camel's hair brush, 




- 


Aqua rose, 


- 


6 ounces. 


Glycerine, 


- 


£ " 


Bitter almond water. 






Tincture benzoin, 


- 


- aa 2 x / 2 drms. 


Borax, „- 


- 


i 1 / " 



Rub the borax with the glycerine, adding the rose 
and almond water, lastly the benzoin, agitating 
constantly. 
Sig. Apply night and morning. 

R. Ammon. muriat., 1 drachm. 

Cologne, - - 2 ounces. 

Aqua dest., - - - 16 " 

Sig. Apply with the fingers night and morning. 
R. Lemon juice, - . - - 2 drachms. 

Borax pulv., , - - 1 

Sugar, 30 grains. 

Sig. Let stand a week and apply a few drops to the spot. 



-8 3 - 

R. Bismuth sub nitr., - - 2 drachms. 

Simple ointment, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply at night and wash off with cold cream. 

R. Wash the face daily with watermelon juice. 

Furuncle* 

(To abort.) 

R. Acid salicyl., - - - 2 drachms. 

Empl. saponis, 2 ounces. 

Empl. diachyli, - > - 1 " 

Sig. Apply locally. 

Gangrenous Wounds* 

R. Sulphate of zinc, 1 ounce. 

Aqua dest, - - - 1 to 12 " 

Acid sulphur, dil., - - % " 

Sig. After the free application of hot water this solution 
is applied every three hours on bits of raw cotton; 
after two days the slough separates rapidly, leaving 
a healthy basement for granulation. 

Gall Stones*. 

R. Arseniate of sodium, - - 1-20 grain. 

Sig. Take the above dose every three days, and: 
R. Sodi phosphate. 

Sodi sulphate, - - - aa y 2 drachm. 

Sig. Take the above dose in hot water every three days. 

R. Pilocarpin, - - - yi grain. 

Sig. This dose hypodermically twice a day. 

R. Ether sulph., 3 drachms. 

Oil of terebinth rft, - - 2 " 

Sig. Take 12 drops in sugar water morning and evening. 



8 4 - 



R. 

Sig. 



R. 



Sig. 



R. 

Sig. 



Gastric Fever* 

Infus. of lobelia, 4 ounces. 

Take a tablespoonful every half hour until vomiting 
sets in; give plenty of water to drink to wash out 
the stomach, then take: 

Resorcin, - - - ij£ drms. 

Tincture of aconit, - - 10 drops. 

Aqua dest, 2 ounces. 

A teaspoonful every three hours; sponge the body 
with warm water; put patient on milk and lime 
water; apply a mustard plaster over the stomach for 
about 10 to 20 minutes and give the stomach all the 
rest possible; as a drink toast water; several days 
after the fever has disappeared take: 

Golden's liquid iron beef tonic, - 6 ounces. 

A teaspoonful four times daily. 

Giddiness* 

(See Vertigo.) 



Gleet* 

R. Hydrastis sulph., - - 10 grains. 

Mucilage acacia, ( 2 ounces. 

Aqua rose, - - - 4 " 

Sig. Inject a half ounce twice a day; avoid whisky, beer 
and tobacco. 






Glanders* 

(And Farcy.) 

R. Calcium sulphide, - - 8 grains. 

Aqua dest., 4 ounces. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours; locally apply: 

R. Calcium sulphide, - - 20 grains. 

Aqua dest., ... 4 ounces. 



-8 5 - 

Sig. On saturated lint, keep wet; against pain and fever 

take: 
R. Exalgine pill, 3 grains each, - 50 

Sig. One pill every three to four hours; open every 

lymphatic abcess; bathe the whole body; nourishing 

diet; cleanliness; destruction of all dressings and 

discharges. 

Glands, 

(Enlarged.) 

R. Unguent, hydrarger. 

Unguent, ichthyol. 

Lanolin, - - - aa 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply to the glands. 

R. Elixir ido bromide calcium comp., 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water three times daily. 



R. Iodi, 

Iodid of potass., 

Vaseline, 
F. Unguentum. 
Sig. Apply to enlarged glands. 



12 to 24 grains. 
2 y 2 to 4 drachms. 
2 ounces. 



Gonorrhea* 

(Acute.) 

R. Salicylate of mercury, - % grain. 

Aqua dest, ... 4 ounces. 

Sig. Inject three times daily until discharge becomes 
mucous. 1 

(Chronic.) 

R. Hydrarger. perchlorid., - % grain. 

Hydrogen peroxide (one per cent, solution.) 
, Aqua dest., - - - aa 2 ounces. 

Sig. Inject night and morning. 



— 86 — 






R. Zinci sozoidol, 

Aqua dest, 

Tincture opii spl., 
Sig. Inject three times daily. 

R. Sodii sozoidol, 

Aqua dest, 
Sig. Inject three times daily. 

R. Salicylate of mercury, 
Kennedy's pinus canad., 
Aqua dest, 

Sig. Three injections a day. 



23 grains. 
3^ ounces. 
20 drops. 



75 grams. 
3^ ounces. 



% grain. 
y 2 ounce. 

1% " 



1 ounce. 



R. Uxtract kava kava fl., 

Exract stigmat. maid, fl., - 1 

Spirit, ether nitre^ - - 1 " 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful every three hours; coffee, 
acids and stimulants must be avoided. 



R. Katharmon, 

Aqua dest., - - - 

Sig. Inject a few times daily. 

R. Plumbi acctat, 

Zinci sulphate, - 

Extract krameriae fl., 

Tincture opii, - 

Aqua q. s. ad, - 

Sig. Use as an injection. 

R. Salol, 

Oil of cubebae, - 

Copaibae, 

Alumin pulv., 

Pepsin sacch., 

Oil gaultheriae, 
F. Capsules No. 20. 
Sig. Take two capsules every three hours. 



1 ounce. 



y 2 drachm. 
16 grains. 
2 drachms. 
y 2 ounce. 



1 drachm. 



4 " 
% " 

20 drops. 






-8 7 - 

R. Comp. syrup stillingia, - - 4 ounces. 

Tincture of kalmia, - - i " 

Balsam copaiba, - - i " 

Oil of sandal wood, - - 2 drachms. 

Oil of menth. pip., - - 30 drops. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 

Whisky, wine, beer, coffee and tobacco are prohibited in 
all cases of gonorrhea. 



Gout* 

R. Extract conii ale, - - 1 drachm. 

Cocaine hydrochl., - . - 5 grains. 

Atropia sulph., - - - 1 " 

Veratrin pulv., - - - 20 " 

Unguent, aqua rose, - - 1 ounce. 



Sig. Apply externally mornings and evenings. 

R. Extract colchici acet, - 8 grains. 

Extract aloe, - - - 8 " 

Pulv. ipecac, - - - 8 " 

Hydrarg. chlorid. mite, - 8 " 

Extract nux vomica, - - 2 " 

F. Pil. No. 8. 

Sig. Take one pill every four hours until it purges. 

R. Ozonized uric acid solvent, - 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily; for diet malted 
milk, arrow root, tapioca, fish, oatmeal, fruit 
vegetables; avoid animal food and alcoholic drinks. 



— 88 — 

Goitre* 

R. Unguent, hydrarg. iodide rubri. 

Vaseline, - - - aa i ounce. 

F. Unguentum. 

Sig. Apply once or twice daily until the skin is tender 
(not blistered); keep it tender until the growth is 
removed; at the same time take internally: 
R. Potass, iodid, i drachm. 

Syrup sarsaparill. comp., , - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Two teaspoonsful before each meal. 

R. IyUgol's solution of iodine, - y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Inject a small quantity hypodermically once a week; 
drink rain water. ^ 



Graduated Doses, 

(See Index.) 

Gums* 

(Bleeding.) 

R. Tannin, 

Potass, iodid, - - - 

Tincture iodine, 

Tincture myrrh., 

Aqua rose q. s. ad, 
Sig. Wash the mouth once a day. 



i y 2 drms. 
12 grains, 
i drachm. 
i " 
6 ounces. 



Hands* 

(Sweating.) 



R. Cologne water, 

Tincture of belladonna, 
Sig. Bathe the hands. 



2 Y2 ounces, 
i drachm. 



-8 9 - 

(Chapped.) 

R. Potass, caustic, 3 grains. 

Glycerine, ... . 2 drachms. 

Alcohol, - -• - 2 

Aqua dest, - - - 6 " 

Sig. First bathe the hands in warm water and rub the 
mixture in subsequently. 



Hay Fever, 

R. Cocaine hydrochlor. (four per cent. 

solution), 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply with atomizer into the nostrils a few times 

daily; internally take: 
R. Glycerite of kephaline, - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take 20 drops added to a little water three times 

daily, and: 
R. Bichloride of mercury, - * - 

Bicarbonate of soda, 

Aqua dest, ... 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 

R. Boroglyceride, 

Glycerine, 

Sig. Apply with atomizer into the nostrils and take a 
tablespoonful internally about three times daily. 

R. Extract eucalypthol et fob, - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply with atomizer into the nostrils and take five 
to 10 drops on sugar four times daily. 

R. Citrate of caffeine effervescence, - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in a glass of water three times 

daily; as a spray use: 
R. Quinine sulphate, - 1 drachm. 

Hot water, 1 ounce. 

Sig. With atomizer into the nostrils a few times a day. 



Y? ounce. 
8 



y 2 ounce. 

A " 






— go — 

R. Borax pulvis, - - . - 20 grains. 

Capsicum, - - - 15 " 

Ammonia carb., - - 10 " 

Sig. Use as a snuff a few times daily. 

Diet must be liberal, plenty of fresh air and sunshine. 

Headache* 

R. Hyrobromic acid, - y 2 to 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take from 10 to 30 drops in water a few times daily. 

R. Phospho caffeine compound, - ^ ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in a half glass of water every 
hour. 



R. Exalgine, 




- 


12 grains 


F. Pulvis dos. 4. 








Sig. Take one powder in warm 


water 


every 


hour. 


R. Cyanid* of zinc, 




- 


Ve grain. 


Valerian pulvis, 




- 


6 


Sacchar. alb., 




- 


20 grains. 


F. Pulvis dos. 6. 








Sig. Take one powder in water 


every 


two hours. 


R. Quinine sulph., 




- 


25 grains 


Sodii salicylate, 




- 


25 « 


Morphine muriat., 




- 


% " 


Sig. Use as a snuff frequently. 








R. Cafferine citrat. 








Ammonia carb., 




- aa 


20 grains. 


Elixir guaranae, 




- 


1 ounce. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour until the pain is 
relieved. 

Headache almost yields to the application of hot water 
to the feet and back of the neck. 



— 9 i — 

(Of uterine origin — burning on top of head.) 

R. Sodii bromide, - - - > V% ounce. 

Pepsin con., - - - y 2 " 

Charcoal, 2 drachms. 

Aqua dest, ... 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily. 

Hemorrhoids* 

R. Dialatation of the anus: hook the thumb of your left 
hand and the middle finger of the right hand so as to 
include both sphincters on opposite sides of the anus 
and gradually, but forcibly, separate your hands until 
all resistance ceases, the object being to paralyze the 
muscles; no after treatment is necessary; perform 
dialatation under the influence of an anaesthetic. 



R. Tincture capsicum, 


1 drachm. 


Spirits of turpentine, 


2 


Iodine decolor., 


3 " 


Sig. Apply to the piles on cotton. 




R. Glycerine, ... 


2 ounces. 


Sig. Inject a teaspoonful into the rectum 


every morning. 


R. Extract phytolacca, 


1 ounce. 


Extract belladonna, 


10 grains. 


Vaseline, - 


1 ounce. 


F. Unguentum. 




Sig. Apply night and morning. 




R. Ergotine, - - 


1 drachm. 


Sulphur subl., ... 


% " 


Menthol, ... 


5 grains. 


Extract belladonna ale, 


10 " 


Unguent, zinci oxidi, 


y 2 ounce. 


Sig. Apply. 





20 grams. 



— 92 — 

R. Cocaine muriat, 

Morphine sulph., - - 5 

Atropia sulph., - - 4 " 

Tannin pulvis, - - - 20 " 

Vaseline, - - - 1 ounce. 

Oil rose q. s. 

Sig. Apply after each evacuation of bowels; bowels 
should be kept in soluble condition. 

(Bleeding.) 



R. Extract ergot fl., 


- 


1 ounce. 


Tinct nux vomica, 


- 


1 drachm. 


Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 




R. Chrysarobin, 


- 


12 grains. 


Iodoform, 


- 


5 ■ " 


Extract belladonna, 


- 


10 " 


Vaseline, 


- 


3 ounces. 


F. Unguentum. 






Sig. Apply on lint to outside piles. 






Sig. Chrysarobin, 


- 


12 grains. 


Iodoform, 


- 


3 " 


Extract belladonna, 


- 


1 J* " 


Cocoa butter, 


- 


254 drms. 


Glycerine a few drops*. 






F. Suppositories No. 12. 






Sig. Insert one into the rectum night 


and 


morning. 



Hemoptysis, 



R. Alumin pulvis, - '- 1 drachm. 

Acid sulph. dil., - - 2 " 

Magnesia sulphate, - - 3 *' 

Aqua dest., 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful m water every two hours. 



ij^ drms. 


3 " 


20 drops. 


3 drachms. 


16 " 



— 93 — 

R. Pil. iodoform one fourth of a grain each No. 12. 
Sig. Take one pill every hour until bleeding from the 
lung stops. 

R. Tincture digitalis, 
Oil terebinth, - 

Oil menth. pip., 
Acid sulph. aromatic, 
Spirit, vini rectif., 
Sig. Take 40 to 60 drops in a little water every two^ 
three or four hours; recumbent position; quiet; ice 
drinks and a plain diet, especially malted milk. 

Hemorrhage* 

(Internally.) 

R. Ergotine, 3 grains. 

Morphine sulph., - - }i u 

Sig. Use hypodermically. 

R. Extract ergot fl., - - i% ounces. 

Extract gerani. fl., - - 1 " 

Extract hammamelis fl., - ij4 u 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every half hour until bleeding 
ceases. 

(To 'regulate pulse.) 

R. Tincture veratrum virid., - 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take five drops in water every hour until pulse, is 

about 70; recumbent position; quiet; plain, simple 

diet, and elevation of bleeding parts. 

(Locally and externally.) 

R. Apply tannic acid, carbolic acid, hot water, ice, 
turpentine, Monsel's solution; compress or bandage. 



— 94 — 

(From the rectum.) 

R. Monsel's solution of iron, - i drachm. 

Aqua dest, i ounce. 

Sig. Inject into the rectum. 

Rest; cold drinks; avoid all straining. 

Heartburn* 

R. Phosphate of zinc pulvis, - 3 */& drms. 

Magnesia calc, 60 grains. 

Vanilla pulvis, - - - 20 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in a wineglass of water. 

R. Ligni ouassia pulvis, - 1 drachm. 

Magnesia carbonic, - - 3 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water as often as necessary. 

Heart 

(Palpitation.) 

R. Tincture nux vomica. 

Tincture belladonna, - - aa 18 drops. 

Aqua cinnamon, - - * 6 ounces 

Sig. Take two tablespoonsful three times a day. 

R. Tincture digitalis, - - 2 ^ drms. 

Aqua chloroformi, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful three times a day. 

R. Tincture aconit, - - y 2 drachm. 

Aqua chloroformi, - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful every four hours. 

R. Tincture strophanti, - - Y* drachm. 

Liq. strychnine (P. B.), - y 2 " 

Tincture capsici, - - V2 

Syrup auranti, ... 2 drachms. 

Aqua dest, ... 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take two tablespoonsful three times a day. 



— 95 — 

R. Oil eucalyptii, i drachm. 

Sig. Take five drops on sugar three times a day. 

(Asthenia.) 

R. Camphorae, - - - 30 grains. 

Cinchonidia bisulph., - - 30 " 

Ether, -" - - - 160 drops. 

Whisky q. s. ad, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water every hour or two. 

(Enlargement.) 

R. Tincture digitalis,' - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take three drops in water thrice daily; avoid 

tobacco, tea, coffee, whisky, ale, sexual congress; 

diet simple, very little animal food; warm flannel 

clothing and plenty of fresh air; if possible remove 

to a mountain country. 

Hematuria, 

R. Calomel, - - - 10 grains. 

Extract colocynth compound, - 10 " 

Gamboga, - - - 10 " 

F. Pulvis dos. 4. 

Sig. Take one powder every four hours. 

R. Extract ergot fl., 2 drachms. 

Tincture digitalis, - - 1 " 

Sig. Take 10 drops every three to four hours. 

R. Quinine sulph., - - y 2 drachm. 

Acid saliciyl., - - - y 2 " 

F. Capsules No. 12. 
Sig. Take one every four hours. 






- 9 6- 

R. Extract rhaton. fl., - - 6 drachms. 

Aqua cinnamon, - - 5 ounces. 

Aqua sulph. aromatic, - - 1 y 2 drms. 

Syrup auranti, • - - - 1 y 2 " 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every hour; apply turpentine 

• strips over kidneys; recumbent position and quiet. 

Hemiplegia* 

(See Paralysis.) 

Hernia, 

The hernial mass should be returned to its natural 
cavity, smeared over daily mornings and evenings with 
the Mexican ointment and kept in its position by a truss. 
Avoid /violent exercise or constipation. 

The Mexican ointment is a secret remedy procurable in 
drug stores generally; it will heal any rupture in course 
of time. 

(Strangulated.) 

With drawn up knees, head and shoulders well elevated, 
let patient inhale chloroform and inject hypodermically 
one quarter grain of morphia into the cellular tissue; after, 
anaesthesia and relaxation is procured, commence taxis hy 
kneading the tumor gently to diaphragm; locally rub in 
the oil of hyoscyamus very hot; try every means; by 
pulling a little forward, then manipulating with the fingers 
at the neck and by pushing a little you will have the 
satisfaction of returning the bowels into their natural 
cavity; rest a few minutes, then try taxis again; apply 
between time hot poultices of lobelia; hang up patient by 
the heels. 

If hernia cannot be reduced, an operation for its relief 
must not be too long delayed. 

I succeeded a few times in reducing a strangulated 
hernia by the application of ice also. 



— 97 — 

(Umbilical.) 

Apply truss, bandage and the Mexican ointment daily. 

Hearing* 

(Dull.) 



R. Camphor, - - - % drachm. 

Oil of cajeput, - - - i " 

Oil of amygdal dulcis, - 2 " 

Sig. Put a few drops on cotton into the ear. 

Hiccough, 

R. Chloral hydrat, - - 5 grains. 

Sotti bromide, - - - 10 " 

Tincture belladonna, - - 3 drops. 

Aqua dest. q. s. ad, 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take this as one dose; repeat if necessary in four 
hours. "" 

R. Inhale a few drops of chloroform, ether or nitrate of 
amyl. 

(Locally.) 

Dry cups, aconit, belladonna and chloroform equal parts 
to nap of neck. 

(In Children.) 

R. Give a few drops of oil of aniseed or wintergreen; 
warm baths. 

(From drunkenness.) 

R. Creosote, 2 drops. 

Sig. Take in a little water. 



Hoarseness* 



R. Cubebae, 


- 


- 


y 2 grain. 


Benzoic acid, 


*■ - 


- 


X " 


Cocaine hydrochlor, 


- 


- 


I-IO " 


Tracacantri pulvis, 


- 


- 


% " 


Extract of licoric, 


- 


- 


5 


Sugar, 


- 


- 


13 


Eucalyptal, 


- 


- 


% drop. 


Oil of anise, 


- 


- 


1-20 " 


Black current paste enough to make 


20 grains. 


F. Xozenge. 








Sig. A small piece to be dissolved 


in the 


mouth before 


using the voice. 









Hooping Cough* 

(See Whooping Cough.) 



Hydrophobia* 

R. Cantharid. pulvis, 

Lapid cancror. 

Sacchar. alb., - - - aa 

F. Pulvis dos. 12. 
Sig. Take one powder three times daily. 

R. Cantharid pulvis, 

Camphor trit, - 

Mucilage gumi mimos q. s. 
F. Pil. No. 4. 
Sig. Take one pill mornings and evenings. 

R. Tincture of lobelia, - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take ten drops in water every hour; keep up for 
several days; patient don't need to vomit; then give: 



12 grains, 
ij^ drms. 



1 gram. 



— 99 — 



Extract of sambul fl., 
Infusion of skull cap, 
Ammonia sesquicarbonic. 
Aqua dest. 
Syrup spl., 



2 ounces. 

4 " 

2 drachms. 



aa 2 ounces. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour; repeat in as large 
doses as the stomach will tolerate, and not let up 
until a condition resembling general paralysis is 
induced, with a sleep like coma. 

R. Hoang non (strychnos gautheriana.) 

Syrup spl., - - - aa 2 ounces. 

i 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour until the above 
symptoms are reached; a darkened, quiet room; 
patient must be watched day and night. 



Hydrocele* 



R. 



Sig. 



R. 



Tincture digitalis, 
Iodid of potass., 
Extract uva ursi fl. 
Extract buchu fl., 
Aqua dest., 
Syrup spl., 



i drachm. 

i ounce. 

i u 

2 " 

7 drachms. 



Take a tablespoonful three times daily; externally 
apply: 



i ounce. 
16 " 



Ammonia muriat., 
Aqua com., 

Sig. On cotton; keep it saturated; elevate the scrotum; 
if the above treatment will not help, then the sack 
must be perforated, the serum (fluid) drawn out and 
a solution of iodine injected. 






— IOO 



Hydrocephalus, 

R. Infusion of digitalis, - - jounce. 

Nitrate of potass., - - 2 drachms. 

Iodid of potass., - - 1 " 

Aqua dest., - - - 2^ ounces. 

Syrup auranti, - - - 2 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily; bowels must 

be kept open; a good diet; warm baths with soda 
every day. 

Hypertrophy* 

(Of the testes.) 

R. Iodid of potass., - - iyi drms. 

Bromide of potass., - - 1 # 

Aqua dest, - - - 4 ounces. 

Syrup spl., - - - 2 " 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily. 

Hysteria* 

R. Valerianate of zinc, - - 24 grains. 

Saccharin, - - - 2 " 

F. Pulvis dos. 12. 
Sig. Take one powder four times a day; at night take: 

R. Choral hydrat, - - - 10 grains. 

Sodi bromid, J - - 20 " 

At once; during monthly sickness take: 
R. Apiol globules, five grains each, No. 6. 
Sig. Take one every four hours. 

R. Ozonized glycerite of kephaline, 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in a little water thrice daily, one 
hour before meals. 



R. Ozonized tincture of oats, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take 30 drops in a little water every four hours; for 
children one drop for each year of their age. 

R. Coca et celerina fl., - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonrul three times daily. 

R. Wine of coca, 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every three hours. 

R. Cocaine suppositories No. 24. 

Sig. Insert one mornings and evenings; flannel over the 
entire body during all seasons of the year; sleep 
between blankets; the best animal food with malt 
and pepsin, a tablespoonful one hour after meals; 
regular open bowels, daily baths, massage, electric- 
ity, change of locality, mountain air, exercise, sleep, 
amusements, travels, change in all things; avoidance 
of sexual intercourse; postponement of marriage. 
Whisky, beer, tobacco, coffee and tea are" strongly 
prohibited. 

Ichthyosis* 

Remove scales by warm baths, friction followed with: 
R. Resorcin, ■ - - 1^ ounce. 

Oil olive, ' - - 6 " 

After scales are removed rub on all over the scale parts: 
R. Sulphur dep., 1 ounce. 

Vaseline, - - - 6 " 

F. Unguentum. 
Sig. Apply twice a day. 

Impotency* 

R. Zinci phosphidi, 2 grains. 

Confect rose, - - 26 " 

F. Pil. No. 24. 
Sig. Take one to three pills thrice daily. 



— 102 — 



R. 

Sig. 

R. 



Pil. damiana, phosphorus et mix vomica, No. 24. 
Take one pill mornings and evenings. 



Tincture cantharid., 2 drachms. 

Tincture phosphorus, - - 2 " 

Tincture ferri chloridi, - 2 " 

Tincture nux vomica, 10 drops. 

Aqua dest. q. s. ad, 4 ounces. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 

R. Extract cannabis indicae, - 5 grains. 

Extract nux vomicae, - - 5 " 

Extract damianae, - - 20 " 

F. Pill No. 20. 

Sig. Take one pill after meals and at bedtime; digestion 
must be perfect; diet generous and should consist of 
articles that will nourish the brain — bovinin, steaks, 
roast beef, mutton, poultry, game, fish, oysters, eggs, 
oatmeal, corn bread. 
Avoid sexual intercourse, horseback exercise or the 
bicycle, tobacco and alcoholic drinks. 



Insomnia* 

(See Sleeplessness,) 



Insect Bites* 

R. Collodi flexible, - - % ounce. 

Acid salicylic, 20 grains. 

Sig. Apply to the bites. 

R. Cocaine hydrochlor. (saturated solution), 20 drachms 
Sig. Apply. 

R. Ammonia muriat. (saturated solution), 1 ounce. 
Sig. Apply every half hour. 



— io3 — 



R. 

Sig. 


Carbolic acid pure, 
Apply with toothpick. 


i drachm. 


R. 

Sig, 


Hydrogen peroxide, 
, Apply with cotton; keep it wet. 

Intestines* 

(Obstruction.) 


i ounce. 


R. 

Sig 


Ether sulphuric, 
Alcohol q. s. dissolve. 
Aqua foeniculi, 
. Inject into the rectum. 


2J^ drms. 
9 ounces. 


R. 


Inflation of air; injection of warm 
influence of chloroform. 


water under the 




Injection. 

(After delivery.) 




R. 


Katharmon, - 
Chloral hydrat, 
Aqua menth. pip., 
Aqua tepid, 


2 ounces. 
5 grains. 
2 ounces, 
i quart. 



Sig. At one injection lukewarm. 



Influenza* 

R. Exaline, 

Comp. tincture of serpentaria, 

Syrup spl., 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every one to 

the following perspiration take-: 
R. Naphthaline. - 

Sacchar. lact, 

Oil of menth. pip., 
F. Pulvis dos. 20. 



y 2 tc 


> i drachm. 




3 ounces. 




i " 


two 


hours; after 


aa 


2 ounces. 




i drop. 



Sig. 



I04 

One powder every hour the first day, then at longer 
intervals; disinfect room by burning ,hydronaphthol; 
good ventilation; waxm temperature; rest in bed; 
later on use tonics and stimulants. 



Insanity* 

Delusion, illusion, hallucination, melancholia and 
mania. The treatment in all those unfortunate cases is 
nearly one and the same. Remove the patient to some' 
other locality; watch him day and night; change scenery 
as often as possible; nutrative diet; regular open bowels; 
to produce sleep give chloral 30 grains at one dose before 
going to bed; cold baths with friction. In case of fits 
administer large doses of bromide of potassium and avoid 
all excitement; if possible make patient do-light work in 
the garden or field; read or play, etc. 

The principal point is to get him to sleep well, a good 
appetite, perfect digestion and regular open bowels. 

If this cannot be accomplished medically or the patient 
is dangerous and unmanageable, removal to an asylum is 
the only alternative., 

Infantile Diseases, 



The first thing to be attended to is the umbilical cord, 
which should be tied with saddlers' silk, and divided with 
clean scissors; then after removing the mucus from the 
mouth the whole body should be oiled and afterwards 
bathed in warm water about 28 ° eels, and sponged with 
castile soap; wipe the little baby and roll it up in a warm 
blanket; then dress the navel with a piece of fine old linen 
four inches square with a hole in the center to permit the 
passage of the cord through this opening, then cover with 
another piece of linen the same size with a hole in center 



— io5 — 

into which the end of the cord should be wrapped and 
turned over to the right side and above all a roller or 
bandage of flannel; then the general clothing of the child, 
which should be easy and warm; nourish the child for a 
few hours with a little sugar and water. 

The child sjiould be bathed daily for a whole year or 
longer; when about four months old take it out into the 
warm fresh air in a sitting posture; very great cleanliness 
should be observed. 

Never wean a child at the approach of summer except 
mother is pregnant, then it should not be kept one hour 
at the breast; after weaning the child we would recommend 
Reed and Carnrick's infant food or malted milk. 

The same food should be given to infants which are 
deprived of the mother's breast entirely; never feed a little 
baby starchy food or rice, arrow root, corn starch, farinas, 
etc., but rely on the above brands of infant food. 

Give the baby at least 12 to 15 hours of sleep out of 24; 
protect the eyes from gas, oil, candle or sun light. 

At the fourth or fifth day the dried up cord will come 
off, and if the navel should be inflammed with a slight 
oozing of serum, wash it with a solution of: 

R. Boroglyceride, 1 drachm. 

Rain water, 4 ounces. 

Three times daily. 

If the breasts of the infant swell up give the baby a 
little castor oil and apply over the breasts a lotion of: 

R. Ammonia muriat, 1 drachm. 

Aqua dest, - - - 2 ounces. 

On saturated linen; keep it wet. 

For still born babies see "Asphyxia of Infants." 

Excoriations, chafings and ulcerations are the best 

treated with: 

14 



— io6 — 

R. Zinc ointment, i ounce. 

Sig. Apply directly to the skin, or use antiseptic dusting 
powder (Reed and Carnrick's.) 
If hide bound, innuntion of oil, internally milk with 
lime water; keep bowels open. 

Hiccoughs must be treated with a few drops of lime 
water in milk, or bicarbonate of potassium one grain per 
dose in milk, anise tea, one drop of chloroform in sweet- 
ened water, or camphor liniment over the stomach. 

Syphilis, same treatment as for adults. 

Tongue tie must be remedied by dividing the edge of 
the bridle with the scissors. 

Opium, laudanum or paregoric should not be adminis- 
tered to teething infants; see substitute under "Soothing 
Sedative for Babies." 

Cholera infantum, diarrhoe, constipation, colic, cramps, 
convulsions, epilepsy, nursing sore mouth, and teething, 
see under the respective heads. 

Choking: Iyet the child be placed upon the lap of the 
mother or nurse with its head turned downward while it is 
gently struck a few times on the back between the 
shoulders; if this does not immediately remove it, let the 
forefinger be introduced and extract it; should this fail, 
give a mild emetic. 

Cephaloematoma: Apply to the tumor of the head: 

R. Iodid of potassium, - - 10 grains. 

Aqua calcis, 2 ounces. 

On saturated cotton; never apply a compress to bear 
on the enlarged head. 

Fits: Undress the baby and bathe it in warm mustard 
water under friction; see under "Convulsions" also. 



R. 



Sig. 



— 107 — 




Itch. 




Adipis, - 
Hydrarger oxidi ruber., 


1 pound. 
1 ounce. 
" 


Resmae, 

Hydrarger chlor. corros., 

Spirits terebinth, 


2 

2j£ drms. 

3 " 



Melt the resin and lard together; pulverize the 
sublimate and put it into the mixture; when cold add 
the turpentine and red precipitate and stir thoroughly. 
Rub in once a day. 



1 ounce. 

u 



R. Salol, ... _ 

Oil amygdal dulc, - - 3 

Sig. Anoint the body, then rub in flowers of sulphur, 



R. Red oxide of mercury, 

Balsam of peru, 

Lard, 
Sig. Rub in. 



y 2 drachm. 
y 2 ounce. 



Jaundice* 

R. Sodii phosphos., 
Chionia peacock, 
Sig. Take 3. teaspoonful after each meal. 

R. Compound tincture cinchonae, 

Nitro muriat. acid, 

Syrup spl., 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 

(Black.) 

R. Calomel, - - - 10 grains. 

Ialap., - - - - 10 " 

Sig. Take at once, and inject hypodermically: 



1 ounce. 
8 " 



4 ounces. 
2 drachms. 
6 



— io8 — 



R. 



Sisr. 



74 
I-80 



Sulphate of morphia, 
Sulphate of atropia, 

To stop the rigors. 

Bowels to be kept open with phosphate of soda; 

daily baths; diet to consist of soups or broths, raw 

eggs, white fish boiled, oatmeal with plenty of fruit; 

a stimulant over the liver (tar or belladonna plaster.) 



Joint* 

(Inflammation.) 

R. Hydrarger muriat. mite. 
Rad. scillae pulvis, 
Vaseline, 
Oil rose q. s. 
Unguentum. 
Rub on mornings and evenings. 



aa 2 drachms. 
1 ounce. 



F. 
Sig. 

R. Oil sinapis ether, - - 12 drops. 

Spirits vini, - - - j£ ounce. 

Sig. Paint on; cover with cotton; elevate if possible; rest 



Karbuncle* 

(See Anthrax/ 

Keloid, 



R. Bichloride of mercury, - - 20 grains. 

Collodion, 10 drachms 

Sig. Apply thickly and allow it to remain until it 
exfoliates, then another and another is applied in 
the same way until the growth is reduced to a level 
with the surface surrounding it. 






iog 



i 
1/ 



Kidney* 

(Colic.) 

R. Chloroform, 4 drachms. 

Extract of hyoscyamus, - 4 " 

Laudanum, - - - 1 " 

Oil of chamomile, 3 ounces. 

Sig. Rub well over the seat of pain. 

(Inflammation.) 

R. Tincture of aconite, Y A drachm. 

Tincture of gelsemium, 
Tincture of digitalis, 
Aqua dest, 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour until pulse is down 
to 60, then at longer intervals; apply mustard plaster 
over kidney and stomach; after skin gets red apply 
linseed poultice over kidneys; low diet, milk and 
lime water, bovinin. 
No drink, nothing to give kidney work; after case 
progresses favorably take: 

R. Compound tincture of cinchonia, 2 ounces. 

Nitro muriatic acid, 1 drachm. 

Aqua dest. 1 

Syrup spl., - - - aa 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily; patient 
should drink buchutea for a few months. 

Kleptomania* 

(See Insanity.) 

Knee* 

(Inflammation.) 

R. Iodi, 6 grains. 

Iodid of potassium, - - ^ drachm. 

Opii pulvis, - - - y 2 " 

Vaseline, 1 ounce. 



F. Unguentum. 

Sig. Smear on thickly; cover with cotton; apply bandage; 
rest and elevation. 

Labor* 

(Feeble.) 

R. Quinine, 30 grains. 

F. Capsules No. 2. 

Sig. Take one every 20 minutes; never use ergot. 

(To be painless first stage.) 

R. Chloral hydrate, 45 grains. 

Syrup spl., 6 drachms. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every 20 minutes. 

(To be painless second stage.) 

R. , Muriate of cocaine, - <! ' - 15 grains. 

Vaseline, --: ; - 1 drachm. 

Sig. Apply to the parturient canal, at the same time 

employ the gynacological slippers (for sale by Charl. 

Truax & Co., Chicago; they will hasten delivery); 

will t do away with all the pulling and jerking and 

in the majority of cases with the use of instruments. 

(False.) 
R. Inject starch and laudanum into the rectum. 

Labia* 

(Swelling.) 

R. Tincture apis mellifica, - 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take one drop in a little water every two hours. 

R. Bathe the parts every few hours with a hot infusion 
of witch hazel. 



— Ill — 



(Boils.) 

R. Nitrate of mercury, 

Vaseline, 
Sig. Apply thickly. 

(Ulcers simple.) 

R. Resorcin, 
Vaseline, 
Sig. Apply on cotton twice a day. 



]/ 2 drachm, 
i ounce. 



2 drachms, 
i ounce. 



Larynx, 

(Inflammation acute.) 

R. Tincture veratrum virid., - y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Take three drops every 20 minutes; keep temperature 
of room at 75 fahr.; very moist by boiling water in 
it; apply poultice of extract of belledonna and 
linseed meal to throat; forbid talking; diet — cream, 
malted milk, raw eggs, bovinin; then give: 

R. Sulphate of quinine, - 2 drachms. 

F. Pulvis dos. 6. 

Sig. Take one powder with sugar every three hours; 
between this time give: 



R. 
F.~ 

Sig. 

R. 

Sig. 
R. 



Sulphate of morphia, - - 2 grains. 

Pulvis dos. 6. 
Take one powder on tongue mornings and evenings. 

(Chronic.) 

Potassium chlorate, 
Aqua dest., - 

Boroglyceride, - 

Gargle three times daily; between use: 



y 2 ounce. 



Resorcin, 
Glycerine, 



y 2 ounce. 
4 " 




Sig. With atomizer twice a day; drink sweetened flaxseed 
tea; later on take: 

R. Compound tincture of cinchonia, - 2 ounces. 

Tincture nux vomica, i drachm. 

Iodid of potassium, - - i " 

Mucilage, 2 ounces. 

Comp. syrup of yellow dock, - 2 " 

Sig. A tablespoonful three times daily; clothing to be 
woolen; diet to be rich in blood elements and very 
generous. 

Law in Russia. 

(See Index.) 

Leucorrhoea* 

R. Creolin,' 30 drops. 

Extract hydrastis canad. fl., - 2% drms. 

Sig. A tablespoonful in a pint of warm water, to be used 
at one injection. 

R. Chlorate of potass., - - 5 drachms. 

Wine of opium, - 3 " 

Tar water,. - - -, 12 ounces. 

Sig. Three tablespoonsful to a quart of water, to be used 
at one injection. 

R. Katharmom, ... 4 ounces. 

Sig. Add one ounce to a pint of water and inject 
mornings and evenings. 

R. Extract hydrastis canad. fl., - 30 drops. 

Creolin, - -. - 10 " 

Rain water, - - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Use pure as an injection. 



— ii3 — 



R. 



Katharmom, 


6 ounces. 


Potass, iodid, 


y z drachm. 


Potass, chloridi, 


40 grains. 


Acid carbolic (two per cent), 


yi drachm. 


Rain water, 


2 quarts. 


Inject once daily. 





Sig. 

Avoid liquors, beer, coffee, tea and tobacco. 



Leprosy* 

R. Gurjun oil, , - - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Rub on a few times daily and take 30 drops on 
sugar four times daily. 

R. Oil chaulmogra, - - 2 ounces. 

Glycerine, - - -' - 1 " 

Soda bicarbonate, - - 2 drachms. 
Syrup spl., 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily; good diet; 

change of climate; daily baths; woolen clothing; 
electricity. 

Leg. 

(Cramps.) 

Take a good strong cord, wind it around the leg at the 
place that is cramped, and taking one end in each hand 
give it a strong pull. 

(Ulcers simple.) 

R. Iodoform, 1 drachm. 

Vaseline, 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply twice a day; rest; elevation and bandage. ■ 
15 



ii4 



R. 



F. 
Sig. 



4 ounces. 



i drachm. 



(Ulcers indolent.)^ 

Ozone ointment, 

Resorcin, - 

Extract of opium, 

Unguentum. ^ 

Apply twice daily; if leg is inflammed, foment with 
oak bark solution for a few days before applying the 
ointment; elevate the leg and roll in a bandage from 
the toes; rest; open bowels-and a simple diet. 



Lead Colic* 



R. Magnesia sulph., 

Aqua chamomile, 

Oil lini rec, - 

Succus citri, - - 

Extract opii, 

Syrup papav. rhoad., 
Sig. Take a tablespoonful every twenty minutes until 
bowels move. 



i ounce. 
6 " 

2 u 

1 " 

2 grains, 
i ounce. 



Lice* 

R. Oil of sassafras, - - i ounce. 

Acid salicylic, i drachm. 

Sig. Rub into the hairy parts thirty drops mornings and 
evenings. 

R. Gray ointment, - - 2 drachms. 

Sig. Rub into the scalp a few places as large as a silver 
dollar. 

R. Oil of lavender, i ounce. 

Sig. Rub into the hairy parts about a teaspoonful daily. 



R. Wash the head with a deoction of quassia ships. 



— 115 



Lips* 

(Chapped.) 



R. 


Tincture benzoini comp., 


2 drachms 




Glycerine, ... 


6 


Sig 


. Apply four times a day with a camel's 


hair brush. 


R. 


Almond oil, - 


iyi ounces 




Spermaceti, - 


2 drachms 




White wax, - 


y 2 ounce. 




Carmine, - 


6 grains. 




Balsam of peru, 


15 drops. 




Otto of rose, 


10 " 


F. 


Cosmetique. 




Sig 


Apply to the lips a few times daily. 

Liver* 

(Inflammation acute.) 




R. 


Tincture gelsemium, 


2 drachms 




Tincture aconit, 


% " 




Tincture veratr. virid., 


1 




Syrup spl., ... 


y 2 ounce. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful ever half to one hour until pulse 
is 70, then every three to four hours; apply mustard 
plaster over liver; after skin is red paint over the in- 
flammed part with croton oil and over that a hot flax 
seed meal poultice; change poultice every three hours; 
for drink milk and lime water; later on oatmeal 
gruel; six drops of nitro muriatic acid in a glass of 
water every three hours; if there is dysentery take 
two large doses of quinine with one half grain of 
opium each; if constipation an injection of warm 
soap water; after convalescence take: 



n6 



R. Com p. tincture of cinchonia, 

Nitro muriatic acid, 

Extract of cliionia fl., 

Tincture nux vomica, 

Aqua desk. 

Syrup aurantii, 
Sig. A tablespoonful three times daily. 

(Chronic.) 



2 ounces. 
2 drachms, 
i ounce, 
i drachm. 

2^ ounces. 
2 



io ounces. 



R. Chionia (Peacock), 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily: avoid fat, 
sugar, starch, whisky or beer, tobacco, mercury; 
bathe daily; open air and horseback exercise; regular 
open bowels; irritating plaster to be worn over liver; 
to improve digestion take: 
Ingluvin, - - - 2 drachms. 

Gentiana pulvis^ - - y 2 " 

Capsules No. 15. 
One one hour before meals. 
In all articles of diet use phosphate of soda instead of 
common salt; for about a week take: 
R. Comp. tincture of cinchonia, - 4 ounces. 

Nitro muriatic acid, 2 drachms. 

Glycerine, 2 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful every three to four hours; daily take 
qne teaspoonful of white mustard seed in a little 
water one hour before meals for a month or so. 



R. 



F. 
Sig. 



Lupus* 

R. Papoid, - - ,- ."- - ' % ounce. 

Thallin, 2 

Sig. Make it into a paste and apply daily. 

R. Hydrogen peroxide, - . 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply with atomizer. 



— ii7 — 

R. Daily hypodermic injections of one per cent, solution 
of corrosive sublimate. 



R. Ozone ointment. 

Resorcin, 
F. Unguentum. 
Sig. Apply daily; internally take: 

R. 



aa 2 ounces. 



Extract phytolacca fl., 


- 


2 ounces 


Extract saxifraga fl., 


- 


i 


Tincture cinchona comp., 


- 


2 


Hydrogen peroxide, 


- 


Y* " 


Glycerine. 






Syrup aurantii, 


- aa - 


2 ounces. 



Sig. A teaspoonful thrice daily. 

The best of diet, daily bathing, fresh air, warm clothing, 
disinfectants in wash and bath water, open bowels. 

Avoid whisky, beer, tobacco, pork, ham, bacon, cheese. 



Lumbagcv 



R. 


Iodid of potass., 


- 


4 


drachms. 




Bromide of potass., 


r 


4 


u 




Tincture colchicum seeds, 


- 


2 


t( 




Syrup bitter orange peel, 


/ 


*} 


£ ounce. 




Aqua dest, 


- 


5 


u 


Sig. 


Take one teaspoonful three times daily. 






R. 


Antikamnia, 


. 


6o 


grains. 




Saccharine alb., 


- 


20 


a 


F. 


Pulvis dos. 6. 








Sig. 


Take one powder every 


two to four hours. 




R. 


Exalgine, 


- 


18 


grains. 


F. 


Pulvis dose 6. 








Sig 


Take one powder every 


hour. 







— n8 — 

R. Collodion. 

Tincture of iodine. 

Ammonia liqu., - - aa i ounce. 

Sig. Paint on. 

Malarial Fever. 

R. Oil of eucalyptus, - - y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Take five drops on sugar four times daily. 

R. Extract fuccus marina fl., - 2 ounces. 

Tincture cinchona comp. - % " 

Cascara cordial, - - 1 " 

Syrup spl., - - - 1 " 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily. 

R. Quinine; - - 1 drachm. 

Papoid, 30 grains. 

Pulvis nux vomica, - - 2 " 

Soda bicarbonate, - - 30 " 

Aloin, - - - - 3 " 

Rad rhei pulvis, - - 20 " 

F. Capsules No. 15. 

Sig. Take one capsule mornings and evenings. 

R. Oil terebinth pure, 3 drachms. 

'Oil gaultheria, 5 drops. 

Pulvis acacia, - - - 2 drachms. 

Sacchar. albi, - - - 2 " 

Aqua aromatic, - ' - 4 ounces. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful diluted every four hours. 


R. Quinine sulphat, 


1 drachm. 


Ferri redacti, 


2 " 


Acidi arseniosi, - ■ 


2 grains. 


Strychnine sulph., 


1 " 


F. Capsules No. 30.* 


- 


Sig. Take one capsu"le after meals. 




Diet malted milk; no meat of any kind. 





— ii9 — 

Marasmus* 

R. Betol, .... i ounce. 

Lactic acid, - - 2 " 

Oil menth. pip., - - i drop. 

F. Purvis dos. 20. 

Sig. Take one powder every one, two or three hours; diet 
bovinin; daily bathing; massage; woolen clothing. 

Marriage* 

Distinct races of men exist all over the earth. The 
living witnesses are before us in the Mongolian, the Negro, 
the Malay, the Indo-American and the Caucasian — essen- 
tially different types of manhood; different in color, organ- 
ism, construction, physiognomy and blood; besides there is 
a marked variance in their anatomical and physiological 
structure; an incomparable, impassable difference in bones, 
brain, nerves, senses, vessels, glands and in language. 

We have abundant evidence to show that the different 
races existed four thousand years ago, as distinct as there 
are today. The Caucasian was the last to make his ap- 
pearance. The record of Moses does not in any way con- 
tradict the existence of other races before Adam. It is 
well known that both the Chinese and African nations 
existed centuries before Adam. 

There can be little doubt but that the intermarriage of 
the Adamite daughters with the adjoining races was the 
real cause of the flood. 

Marriage, to give a good stock, must be consummated 
within the race, still a morbid race cannot be established, 
for the evil cures itself by non-procreation. 

The distinction of races come home to us most strikingly 
in the aggravation of the types of all our diseases when 
two or three dissimilar races are living in close proximity. 




— 120 — 



Suppose the child of white parents contracts measles, 
scarlatina or smallpox from the child of the Negro or 
Mongolian, the so contracted disease will become virulent 
and malignant in the white, and visa- versa. Let a white 
man contract a gonorrhoea from a colored woman and he 
has something that no drug will stamp out for months or 
years. 

Individual members of the Caucasian races must main- 
tain and utilize their vigor, and in order to do that, should 
not marry one of similar temperament; cross fertilization 
within the race produces the best of stock. 

The boy is the father of the man, and the girl is the 
mother of the race. The healthy development of girls is 
of first and supreme importance. The feeling, impulse or 
sentiment of the mother controls and influences the devel- 
opment of the child. 

Puberty in either sex is not the sign of fitness for mar- 
riage; men will grow until they are twenty-five, women 
till they are twenty-one. - 

Nature has intended that all the parts of the system 
shall be fully formed and developed before they begin # to 
propagate their species, and if the organs of reproduction 
are thus prematurely used before that period it will result 
in injury to parents as well as their offspring. 

By too early marriage the full development and growth 
of the system is arrested, and the offspring of such parents 
often become a fruitful source of suffering. 

Masturbation, 

(See Self Abuse.) 



— 121 — 



Menstruation, 

(Scant.) 

R. Cimicifuga rac. 

Tincture Pulsatilla, - - aa i drachm. 

Tincture gelseiniuin, - - y 2 " 

Tincture viburnum prun., - 2 " 

Syrup aurantii cort., - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times a day four days prior 
to and during the menstrual period. 

(Irregular.) 

R. Aletris cordial (Rio), - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily prior to and 
during the menstrual period. 

R. Hay den's viburnum com p., - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in warm water four times daily 
prior to period. 

R. Permanganate of potass, tablets one grain each No. 12. 
Sig. Take one tablet in a glass of water daily. 

(Excessive.) 

R. Ergot dialys., - - - 10 drachms 

Glycerine, - - - 5 " 

Acid salicylic, 30 grains. 

Aqua dest, - - - 2^ ounces. 

Sig. Inject once a day a teaspoonful of this mixture 
diluted with three teaspoonsful of water into rectum. 



R. 



16 



Menningitis* 




(Tubercular.) 




Potassium iodid., 


32 grains 


Potassium bromide, 


80 " 


Extract gelsemium fl., 


16 drops. 


Syrup acacia, 


2 ounces. 



3 


ounces. 


U 


u 


2 


drachms. 


2 


u 


2 ounces. 


ree 


, k hours, 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours to a child four 
years old; see "Spotted Fever" also. 

R. Aqua camphorae, 

Ammonia muriatic, 

Potassium nitrate, 

Sodium chlor., - 

Syrup spl., 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two to 
according to age of child. 

(From sunstroke.) 

R. Extract ergot fl., - - y 2 ounce. 

Syrup spl., - ... i " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily; apply ice to 

the back of the head; diet vegetable, malted milk, 

fruit, no meat. 

Menorrhage* 

R. Extract ergot fl., - - y 2 ounce. 

Kennedy's pinus canad. dark, - i y 2 " 

Take a teaspoonful in water every two hours. 

Measels* 



Sig 



R. Put patient to bed in a darkened, airy room; sponge 
the whole body twice a day with warm soda water; 
wipe dry and internally take: 

R. Tincture of aconit leaf., - 30 drops. 

Aqua dest., - - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful every hour; also: 

R. Comp. tincture of serpentaria, - 1 ounce. 

Syrup spl., - - - iy 2 " 

Sig. Take half a teaspoonful four times daily to keep 
the skin moist; at the same time take: 



I2 3 



R. Resorcin, - 


3 drachms 


Syrup of tolu, ... 


4 ounces. 


Sig. A teaspoonful every two hours. 




R. Chlorate of potassium, 


2 drachms 


Acid muriatic, 


2 


Aqua dest., - 


4 ounces. 



u 



u 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful to a glass of water with sugar 
every four hours; in case of convulsions apply 
mustard to the feet; rub the whole body and besides 
give internally: 

R. Bromidia (Battle), i ounce. 

Sig. A half to one teaspoonful three times daily. 

(With broncho pneumonia.) 

R. Liq. Ammonia acet, 4 drachms. 

Spirits ether nitros., - - 1% 

Syrup ipecac, - - - 1 y 2 

Syrup senega, - - - 1 

Syrup limonis, - - 7 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours for a child 
under two years of age; apply linseed poultice over 
the chest. 

Germination from ten to fourteen days; eruption appears 
the fourth day of fever and fades the seventh day. 

Diet should be liquid, but very generous; bovinin, malted 
milk, chicken broth and cold drinks. 



Metritis* 

(See Puerperal Fever.) 

Measures, 

(See Index.) 



— 124 — 

Miscarriage* 

(Threatened.) 

R. Ammonia bromidi, 6 drachms. 

Extract viburnum prunifol. fl., 6 " 

Aqua cinnamon q. s. ad, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 

R. Quinine sulphate, - - 20 grains. 

Potassium acetat, - - 10 " 

Syrup spl., - - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take one tablespoonful every two hours. 

R. Opii pulvis, - - - 10 grains. 

Asclepias pulvis. 

Dover's powder, - - aa 30 grains. 

F. Pulvis dose 15. 
Sig. Take one powder every three hours. 

R. Hayden's viburnum compound, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in warm water every one to two 

hours; recumbent position; quiet; iced drinks; avoid 

whisky or wine. 

(Habitual.) 

R. Hayden's viburnum compound, 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful thrice daily for a month or so. 

Milk as a Culture Medium. 

(See Index.) 



Migraine. 






R. Citrate of caffeine, 


- 


3 grains. 


Phenacetine, 


- 


4 " 


Sugar of milk, 


- 


8 u 


F. Pulvis dose 2. 






Sig. Take one powder every two 


hours; 


quiet, darkened 


room; open bowels. 







— 125 — 

Milk Fever, 

R. Tincture of aconit rad., - 10 drops. 

Aqua dest, 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours; keep bowels 
open with sulphate of magnesia; draw the milk from 
the breast; a spare diet with very little fluid. 

Milk Leg* 



R. Tincture hammamelis, 


1% drms. 


Aqua dest., - - 


2 ounces. 


Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 




R. Ammonia carb., 


y 2 drachm 


Spirits myristicae, 


2 


Tincture chloroformi, 


1 


Infusion of cloves q. s. ad, 


8 ounces. 



Sig. Take two tablespoonsful three times daily. 

R. Potassium chlorate, - 2 drachms. 

Infusion cinchona flav. q. s. ad, 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take two tablespoonsful in water three times daily. 

R. Sulphide of soda, 1 drachm. 

Infusion of quassia, - - 1 y 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take this draught three times daily. 

R. Quinine sulphate, - - 12 grains. 

Potassium iodid, ]/ 2 drachm. 

Pulvis tragacanth co., - - i}4 " 

Aqua chloroformi, - - 13 ounces. 

Sig. Take two tablespoonsful thrice daily. 

R. Chloral hydrat, - - 1 ounce. 

Oil terebinth, 1 drachm. 

Soap liniment, 7 ounces. 

Sig. Rub on mornings and evenings; elevate the leg; 
apply loose bandage. 



— 126 



Morphinism* 

R. Morph. sulph. or tincture opii, q. s. 

Extract viburni prunifol. fl., - ]/ 2 ounce. 

Elixir Ammon. Valerianae, - 3 " 
Elixir sodii bromidi (five grains to one 

drachm) q. s. - - 6 ounces. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful when reqired; decrease usual 

dose of morphine about one grain per week and 
don't stop taking it at once. 



Mother's Milk, 

(Scarce.) 

R. Nutrolactis fl., - - - 6 ounces. 

Sig- Take a tablespoonful in water thrice daily. 



(To dry up.) 

R. Belladonna ointment, 

Iodid of potass, pulv. 

Chloride of ammon. pulv., 
F. Unguentum. 

Sig. Smear on linen and apply over breasts, above a 
bandage with gentle compression. 



2 ounces, 
aa 4 drachms. 





(Fissure.) 






R. Ergotinae, 


- 


- 


1 drachm. 


Sulphur subl., 


- 


- 


% " 


Menthol, 




- 


5 grains. 


Extract belladonna ale, 


- 


10 " 


Unguent, zinci 


oxidi, 


- 


y 2 ounce. 


Sig. Apply. 









— 127 



(Wash.) 

R. Boric acid, 40 grains. 

Listerine, 7 ounces. 

Tincture myrrh., - - 50 drops. 



Sig. Wash out the mouth severa 


i times da 


ily. 


(Antisyphilitic.) 






R. Carbolic acid, 




- 


1 drachm. 


Potass, chlorate, 




- 


2 " 


Hydrastis colorl., 




- 


2 ounces 


Listerine, 




- 


2 


Extract hammamel. dest., 




- 


1 " 


Glycerine, 




- 


3 u 


Aqua dest. q. s. ad, 




- 


12 " 



Sig. Gargle and rinse the mouth, four to six times daily. 



Mumps* 

Of the neck, breast, ovaries, testes or cortical substance 
of the brain. 

R. Iodid of potass., . - y 2 drachm. 

Resorcin, - - - 1 " 

Aqua menth. pip., - - 2 ounces. 

Syrup aurantii, - - - 1 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily; locally apply: 

R. Hydrogen peroxide concent., - 2 ounces. 

Chloroform, 2 drachms. 

Sig. Over the enlarged and inflammed parts on saturated 
cotton; nourish with warm beef tea, malted milk; 
keep bowels open with cascara sagrada. 



128 — 



NasaL 

(Fissure.) 



R. Ergotine, 




i drachm. 


Sulphur subl., ... 




% " 


Menthol, - - 




5 grains. 


Extract belladonna ale., 




IO " 


Unguent, zinci oxidi, 




y* " 


Sig. Apply mornings and evenings. 






(Catarrh.) 






R. Menthol pulvis, 




y 2 drachm. 


Ammon. chloridi pulv., 




i# u 


Boraxic acid pulv., 




i " 


Sig. A pinch to be snuffed frequently. 






R. Alumin pulvis, 




30 grains. 


Aqua dest, - - 




2 ounces. 


Sig. To be drawn into the nostrils four times a day. 


R. Extract Ergotac fl. 






Extract hammamelis fl., 


aa 


1 *^ ounces. 


Glycerine, 




1 ounce. 


Sig. Apply several times a day. 






R. Hydrarger. sozoidol, 




30 grains. 


Talc venet, - 




5 drachms. 


Sig. Apply by insufflation. 






R. Sodii bicarbon. 






Sodii biborat, - 


aa 


1 drachm. 


Sodii salicylate, 




3 grains. 


Glycerine, - 




1 ounce. 


Thymol, 




1 grain. 


Menthol, 




X " 


Aqua dest., - 




4 ounces. 


Sig. Add to a quart of water and use as a wash. 


R. Paint the nassal passage daily with balsam of peru. 



R. Zinci sozoidol, 

Aqua dest., 
Sig. Douche. 



— 129 — 
(Douches.) 



75 grams. 
3^ ounces. 



Neuralgia, 



Extract conii ale, 
Cocaine hydrochlor., 
Atropin sulph., 
Veratrine, 
Unguent aqua rose, 



1 drachm. 

5 

1 

20 " 
1 ounce. 



grains. 



Sig. Apply externally mornings and evenings. 

R. Chloroform, - - - 7 to 15 drops. 
Sig. Inject hypodermically. 

R. Caffeine citratis. 

Ammon. carbonic, - - aa 40 grains. 

Elixir guaranae, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every hour until pain 



is 



relieved. 



R. 



R. 

F. 

Sig. 

R. 



Wring out a towel dipped in hot water and apply to 
the painful part. 



(Intercostal.) 

Sodii arsenit, 
Ferri lactat, 
ML No. 12. 
Take one pill three times a day. 

Essence of mint, 
Tinct. of aconit, 
Chloroform, 



3-10 grains. 
24 grains. 



5 drachms. 
2^ " 

1% « 



Sig. Apply to the painful spot on a piece of flannel. 



I30 — 



R. 


Tinct. capsici., - - \ - 
Chloroform, 


2 drachm 
2 




Chloral hydrat, 
Katharmon, - 


20 grains 
2 ounces. 


F. 


Lin. saponis camphor, 
Ivinimentum. 


1 " 


Sig. 


Apply externally. 

(Of the heart.) 
(See Angina Pecthoris.) 

Naevus* 




R. 


Corros. sublimat, 

Collodion, ... 


4 grains. 
1 y 2 drms, 


Sig. 


Apply to naevus for twelve days. 






Nettle Rash; 


• . 



R. Bathe the parts with water which has a teaspoonful of 
Carbonate of Soda to the pint. It may be either cold 
or warm. 

R. Menthol soap, y 2 pound. 

Sig. Wash the parts twice a day, rub in the foam, then 
wipe dry. 

/ Night-Sweats* 

R. Camphoric acid, y 2 ounce. 

F. Wafers No. 8. * 

Sig. Take one wafer at noon and night. 

R. Bolctis laricis, - - 10 grains. 

Opii. pulv., - * - 2 " 

Acacia pulv. 2 drachms. 

F. Pulvis dose 6. 

Sig. Take evenings, one powder. 



I3i 



R. Chloral hydrat, 


- 


2 drachms. 


Alcohol, 


- 


3 ounces. 


Water, 


- 


3 " 


Sig. Sponge the body before going 


to bed. 


i 


Nipples* 






(Sore.) 






R. Acid salicyl, 


- 


i ounce. 


Sod. borat, 


- 


2 drachms. 


Glycerine, 


- 


6 ounces. 


Sig. Apply on cotton. 






R. Balsam pernv, 


^ 


yi drachm 


Tincture arnica, 


- 


% " 


01. amygdal. dulcis, 


- 


y 2 ounce. 


Aqua calcis, 


- 


% " 



Sig. Apply to nipple with a camel's hair brush. 

R. Aluminis, i drachm. 

Rain water, • - i pint. 

Sig. Use as a wash. 

R. Dissolve india rubber in chloroform and cover the fis- 
sures of cracked nipples. 



Nightmare* 

R. Ozonized glycerite of kephaline. 4 ounces. 

1 

Sig. Take thirty drops in a little water thrice daily one 
hour after meals. 

R. Quinine, 

Sulphuric acid, aromatic, 
Aqua dest, 
Syrup yerba santa, 



2 drachms. 

2 

4 ounces. 

1^ " 



— 132 — 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful thrice daily ; eat a very light 
supper, keep the mind free, well ventilated room, 
free from flowers or gases, sleep on right side, daily 
baths with massage, open bowels, plenty fresh air 
exercise. 
Pies, pastry, cabbage, nuts, salted meat or fish, salmon, 

etc., strongly prohibited. 

Nursing Sore Mouth* 

R. Argentum nitric, 6 grains. 

Aqua com., j. pint. 

Sig. Wash the mouth and gargle about six times daily. 



R. Potass, chlorate, 


40 grains. 


Tinct. ferri muriat, 


1 drachm. 


Glycerine. 




Aqua dest, - '- - 


aa 1 ounce. 


Sig. Apply to the mouth frequently. 




R. Katharmon, 


2 ounces. 


Glycerine, - 


2 drachms. 


Aqua Menth. pip. 


2 ounces. 


Sig. Use as a mouth wash three times daily. 


(Of Infants.) 





R. Wash the mouth a few times daily with an infusion of 
sage and hyssop with honey and a little borax ; open 
bowels with: t 

R. Syrup of figs, - - 2 ounces. 

Hydrogen peroxide, 5 drops. 

Sig. Take a half to one teaspoonful every two hours until 
bowels moves freely. 



— 133 — 

Nymphomania* 

R. Extract salix-nigra, fl. 4 ounces. 

Aqua dest, 

Syrup spl., - - aa 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful twice a day ; plenty of exercise, 
hard work, daily shower baths, regulated bowels, 
sleep on mattress, light covering, cold water, hip 
baths and vaginal injections of cold water at bedtime 
take: 

R. Tinct. of Gelsemium, - - 2 drachms. 

Bromide of potass, - - 1 drachm. 
Aqua dest. 

Syrup spl, - - aa 2 ounces. 

Sig. A tablespoonful by retiring to bed ; a strict avoid- 
ance of all light litearture and a pure moral atmos- 
phere. 

Obesity* 

> 

R. Extract fucus vesiculosis, fl. - 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful thrice daily in sweetened 
water. 
Potatoes, puddings, beets, beans, peas, bread, milk, but- 
ter, broths, strongly prohibited. Bathing should be resort- 
ed to daily with a half hour massage, horseback exercise, 
sleep restricted to six hours out of twenty four, bowels 
evacuated twice a day by salines, (sulphate of magnesia or 
sedlitz powder). Beer and malt liquors forbidden also, use 
plenty of lemonade, sodawater, cider, wine with water, water 
with a few drops of Horseford's acid phosphate ; regulate 
the dose of medicine by the loss sustained, one pound per 
week beings about the proper amount. 

Obstetrical Table* 

(See Index.) 



— 134 — 

Oesophagus, 

(Stricture Spasmodic.) 

R. Ozonized glycerite of kephaline. 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take thirty drops in a little water three times daily, 
one hour before meals. 
Diet: Liquid and warm. Avoid iced drinks, ice cream, 
ice lemonade, beer. 

(Organic.) 

R. Papoid, 3 drachms. 

Cocoa butter, q. s. ad. 
Bolus No. 6. 
Sig. Swallow one bolus three times a week ; try to stop 
bolus over the seat of stricture in the Oesophagus and 
let it dissolve there slowly ; outside apply mustard 
plaster. 
Diet: Liquid ; no stimulants of any kind, warm drinks. 

Opium Habit* 

R. Wine of Coca, - - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a half teaspoonful three times a day ; gradual- 
ly increase the dose to a teaspoonful and over, after 
six weeks alternate the coca with: 

R. Extract of avena sativa, fl. - 12 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily ; prolong 
sleep by taking: 

R. Sulfonal, - - - 60 grains. 

F. Capsules No. 6. 
Sig. One capsule before going to bed. 
Diet should be the very best. 



135 



R. 

F. 

Sig. 

R. 

Sig. 
R. 

F. 
Sig. 

R. 

Sig. 



Overwork* 

Phosphori, - 


1 grain. 


Bxtr. nux vomica, 


10 grains 


Extr. gentianse, 


40 " ' 


Pil. No. 20. 




Take one pill night and morning. 





Potass bromide, 
Lactis, 



i)4 drms. 
6 ounces. 



Take two tablespoonsful three times a day. 

/ 
Ferri phosphate, - - )4 drachm. 

Calcis phosphate, - - )4 " 

Calcis carbonate, - - )4 " 

Pulv. dose 15. 
Take one powder three times a day. 

Tinct. Opii, - - - 16 drops. 

Tinct. nux vomica, - - )4 drachm. 

Aqua dest, 2 ounces. 

Take one teaspoonful four times a day. , 



Ovarieru 

(Neuralgia.) 

R. Hay den's viburnum comp., - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in hot water every two hours 

and apply towels wrung out in hot water over the 

painful seat. 

R. Tinct. gelsemium, - - 80 drops. 

Syrup spl., 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily. 



R. Croton chloral hydrat, 
Glycerine, 
Aqua chlorat ad, 



y 2 drachm. 
2 drachms. 
6 ounces. 



Sig. Take two tablespoonsful three times daily. 



-136- 

R. Ammonia chloride, 5 drachms. 

Aqua cinnamon, 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take two tablespoonsful three times daily. 

R. Ammonia bromide, 6 drachms. v 

Extract viburnum prunif., - 6 " 

Aqua cinnamon ad, 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful three times a day. 

(Inflammation.) 

R. Tinct. Gelsemium, - - 2 drachms. 

Tinct. jaborandi, x / 2 drachm. 

Sulphate of morphia, 3 grains. 

Aqua dest, 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a half teaspoonful every one to two hours, 
after pain relieved, at longer intervals, over Ovary 
apply turpentine, after skin is red change to linseed- 
poultice with opium ; open bowels with linseed tea 
and laudanum. 

For diet: milk, lime water, bovinin ; in about four days 
after the attack take: 

R. Iodid of potass., - . - 1 drachm. 

Bicarb of potass., - - iyi drms. 

Aqua dest. 

Syrup spl., - - aa 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times daily and a more 
substantial diet. 

(Dropsy.) 

R. Iodid of potass., 1 drachm. 

Aqua dest., - - - ^ 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take from fifteen to forty drops three times daily ; 
externally apply: 







i 
— 137 — 




R. 


Iodine, 


. 


1 drachm. 




Vaseline, 


- 


1 ounce. 


F. 


Unguentum. 






Sig. 


Rub on once a 


day. 

Oxaluria. 




R. 


Acid hydrochlor 


> 


4 drachms. 




Acid nitr., 


\ - 


4 " 




Aqua dest, 


_ 


1^ ounces. 




Syrup auranti, 


_ 


4 drachms. 


Sig. 


Take one teaspoonful in glass of water 


before each 




meal. 










Ozaena, 

(See Rhinitis.) 





Paralysis. 

R. Extract nux vomica, - - . 5 grains. 

Extract Gentianae, - - 80 " 
F. Pil. No. 20. 

Sig. Take one pill mornings and evenings in alcoholic 
paralysis. 

R. Tinct. cantharid, - - 2^ drms. 

Tinct. nux vomica, - - 2 % u 

Aqua dest, - - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful night and morning in parap- 
legia. 

R» Phosphori, 2 grains. 

Oil morrhuse, 6 ounces. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful after each meal in general par- 
alysis. 

R. Iviqu. strychnia., P. B. - - „ iyi drms. 

Syrup limonis, - - - 1 " 

Aqua dest., 2 ounces. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times a day in general and 
fascil paralysis. 

R. Argenti nitratis, - - 7 grains. 

Extract mix vomica, - - 12 " 

F. Pil. No. 24. 
Sig. Take one pill after each meal in locomotor ataxia. 

R. Tinct. ferri perchloridi. 

Tinct. nnx vomica. 

Acid phosphoric dil. 

Syrup spl., - - - aa 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water after each meal in 
hemi-plegia and locomotor ataxia. 

R. Constant galvanic current, warm baths, sulphur baths 
in alcoholic lead and mercurial paralysis. 

R. Zinci. phosphide., - 4 grains. 

Extract nux vomica, - - 6 " 

Extract gentianse, - - 24 " 

F. Pil. No. 12. 

Sig. Take one night and morning in hysterical paralysis. 

R. Iyi qui. strychnin, P. B. - - 16 drops. 

Liqui. ferri perchloridi, - 1 drachm. 

Syrup limonis, - - - 3 drachms. 

Aqua dest, - - 2 ounces' 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful three times a day in diptheri- 
tic paralysis of children. 

R. Extract physostigmatis, - 1 grain. 

Extract gentianse, - - 100 gr's. 

F. Pil. No. 50. 

Sig. Take one pill three or four times daily in infantile 
paralysis. 



— 139 — 

R. - Potass, iodidi., i grain. 

Magnesia sulph., - - 2 drachms. 

Aqua chloroforrni, 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take one tablespoouful night and morning in lead 
paralysis. 

R. Sodi iodidi., - - - 2>£drms. 

Tinct. cinchonae, - - 5 " 

Aqua dest. 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take one tablespoonful three times a day in paraly- 
sis following syphilis. 

Paraplegia* 

(Sec Paralysis.) 

Pain* 

(Ataxic,) 
R. Acetanilid, 60 grains. 

F. Capsules No. 4. 
Sig. Take one every four hours. 

R. Exalgine, 20 grains. 

F. Pulv. dos. 4. 
Sig. Take one powder in hot water every two hours. 

R. Antikainnia, 60 grains. 

F. Capsules No. 6. 

Sig. Take one capsule every two to four hours. 

(Of the Bones.) 
R. Spirit of chloroforrni. 

x\lcohol, - - - aa y 2 ounce. 

Atropinae, . - - 5 grains. 

Sig. Apply on lint and cover with oiled silk. 

R. Hydrarg. muriat. corros., - 2 grains. 

Aqua dest., - - - 1 jounces. 

Vini sem. colchica., - - y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Take thirty to fifty drops every three hours. 



— 140 — 

Peritonitis* 

R. Extract belladonna, 

Extract opii., 

Extract conii., 
F. Pil. No. 6. 
Sig. Take one pill every three hours. 



3 grains. 
6 " 
18 " 



R. Extract aconiti., 




Extract, opii., - - aa 


8 grains 


Extract hyoscyami., 


16 " 


F. Pil. No. 8. 




Sig. Take one pill every five hours. 




R. Extract opii., 


3 grains. 


Pil. hydrarg., - 


12 grain* 


F. Pil. No. 6. 




Sig. Take one pill night and morning. 





R. Extract belladonna, 


- 


2 drachms 


Unguent, hydrarger, 


- 


6 " 


Sig. Apply. 






R. Tinct. aconiti., 


- 


io drops. 


Tinct. bryonia alb., 


- 


12 drops. 


iVqua dest, ad. 


- 


2 ounces. 


Sig. Take one teaspoonful 


every hour. 




R. Hydrarg. cum cretae., 


- 


12 grains. 


Pulv. ipecac comp., 


- 


24 " 


Sacchor. alb., 


- 


36 « 



Sig. Take one powder every three hours. Apply poppy- 
head fomentations, turpentine, linseed poultices, 
leeches, blisters, hot wet flannels, iodine liniment, 
and a very light diet. 



— I4i — 

Pemphygus* 

R. Arsenici bromidi., - - 10 drops. 

Aqua cinnamon, - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful thrice daily. 

R. Quinine sulphate, - - 32 grains. 

Potass, chloratis, - - 80 " 

Tinct. f erri perchlorid, - - 1 y 2 drms. 

Syrup spl. 

Aqua dest, ad. - aa 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful three times a day ; locally 
puncture the vesicles with a fine needle* and with a 
sponge saturated with carbolic acid solution ; (two 
drops to one ounce of water,) wipe up the germs then 
dust with a fine powder of boraxic acid or resorcin. 

Pertusiss* 

(See Whooping Cough.) 

Periostitis* 

R. Ozone ointment, 5 ounces. 

Resorcin, 1 ounce. 

Sig. Rub in well and cover with cotton and bandage ; 
internally take: 

R. Iodid of potass., - - - 1 drachm. 

Comp. syrup of stillingia, - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful three times a day. 
Diet: Malted milk, etc. 

R. Extract conii. ale, 1 drachm. 

Cocaine hydrochlor, 5 grains. 

Atropia. sulph., - - 1 grain. 

Veratrin., 20 grains. 

Unguent, aqua rose, - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply mornings and evenings. 



— 142 — 

Pericarditis* 

R. Opii. pulv., 10 grains. 

Do vers powder, - - 30 " 

Potass, nitr., - - • 1 drachm. 

F. Pulv. dos. 20. 
Sig. Take one powder every one to two hours until relief; 

for the fever take: 
R. Quinine, - - 1 drachm. 

F. Capsules No. 12. 

Sig. Take one capsule every three to four hours y quiet, 
rest in bed, local stimulants over the heart, (hot 
whiskey or spirits of camphor). 
Diet: Malted milk and beef tea, open bowels. 

Perversoin of the Sexual Sense* 

R. Tinct. of gelsemium, - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take ten drops in a little water three times daily ; 

beside: 
R. Tinct. of oats ozonized, - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take thirty drops in water every four hours, and: 
R. Coca et celerina, - - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily ; mornings and 

evenings take a five grain pill of: 
R. Damiana, phosphorus et. 
Nux vomica. 
Daily cold water baths, woolen clothing, a liberal, . diet- 
ary, open air exercise ; avoid fictitious literature, exciting 
food, unrestrained passions, solitary confinement, stimu- 
lants, whiskey, coffee, tea, tobacco. 

Pharyngitis* 

R. Zinci sulphate, - - 15 grains. 

Aqua menth. pip. 6 ounces. 

Sig. Use as a gargle four times a day. 



— U5 — 

R. Extract ergotse fL, 

Extract hammamelis fl., - aa i jounce. 

Glycerine, - - - I " 

Sig. Apply several times a day with swab or brush and 
take twice a day five grains of quinine ; change cli- 
mate of- room, disinfect freely by burning hydrona- 
phthol, good ventilation. 
Diet: Beef tea with barlev, raw eggs. 



-&t> 



Phthisis* 

R. Ferri citras, (sol) i drachm. 

Simple elixir, i ounce. 

, Syrup hypophosphite comp., - 3 M 

Sig- Take teaspoonful three times a day. 

R. Creosote, (Beechwood) 1 drachm. 

Cod liver oil, - - - 4 ounces. 

Saccharin, 2 grains. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful once, twice 
or three times daily. 

R. Terraline, - - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful with cherry wine three times 
daily. 

R. Fellow's comp. syrup of hypophosphites, 8 ounces. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water three times daily. 

R. Scott's emulsion, - - 16 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful in milk mornings and even- 
ings. 

R. Chlorodyne, - - - 1^ drms. 

Syrup scillae, - - - ,^ ounce. 

Spirit ammonia arometic, - 3 drachms. 

Aqua dest., 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a dessertspoonful three times daily. 



— 144 



R. Frehlig's constituent tablets. 
See directions on box. 

Diet: Plenty of beef, milk with brandy, 
mountain air, woolen clothing, little of exercise. 



bovinin, 



R. 



Phimosis* 

Warm bathing, hot hip baths with tobacco and bel- 
ladonna, inject a hot infusion of lobelia and belladon- 
na under the foreskin, if once back, a thorough ablu- 
tion of warm water and lobelia, cotton with ozone 
ointment around head and neck and then pull foreskin 
over, repeat three times daily ; open bowels with sul- 
phate of magnesia. 



Photophobia, 



R. 



Baryt. muriat, 
Tinct. Chin., 



i drachm, 
i ounce. 



Sig. Take ten drops mornings and evenings. 

Pigmentation* 

(In Pregnancy.) 

R. Cocoa butter, 

Castor oil, 

Oxide of zinc, - 

Precipitate alb., 

Essence of rose, 
Sig. Apply morning and night. 

R. Precipitate alb., • 

Oxide of zinc, 

Cocoa butter, 

Castor oil, 

Aqua rose, q. s. 
Sig. Rub on well twice daily. 



2% ounces. 
5 grains. 



i y 2 grains. 



aa i y 2 ounces. 



— 145 — 

Pleurisy ♦! 

(Acute.) 

R. Extract jaborandi, fl., - - i drachm. 

Sig. Take at once in a cup hot water, and: 

R. Sodii citrate, 2 drachms. 

Sidii acetate, - ... 2 " 

Sodii salicylate, - - 2 " 

Aqua menth. pp., - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a half ounce every two to four hours ; hot flan- 
nels to chest sprinkled with laudanum and a towel 
pinned tightly around the body ; dry diet, rest in bed. 

R. Syrup ferri. iodid., - - 2 Y / 2 drms. 

Potass, iodid., - - 20 to 60 grains. 

Syrup sarsapar. comp., - - 1 ounce. 

Aqua dest., - - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take one teaspoonful four times daily in water. 

R. Extract asclepias tuberosae. fl. 4 drachms. 

Extract aconit rad. fl. - - 16 drops. 

Extract veratr. virid. fl. - y 2 drachm. 

Potass, bromide, - - y 2 " 

Glycerine q. s. ad., - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour until relieved, then 
every two or three hours; a full dose of saline cathar- 
tic; (oneounce of sulph. of magnesia,) should be 
taken at first. 
Diet: Milk, beef tea, gruel, broths, water or lemonade. 

(Chronic.) 

R. Apply fly plaster over the side of the chest ; otherwise 
the above treatment. 



— 146 — 

Pleurodynia* 

R. Tinct. gelsemium, - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take ten drops in water every hour until relieved. 

R. Salol, 1 drachm. 

F. Capsules No. 6. 

Sig. Take one capsule every two hours ; dry cupping, 
mustard plaster, dry heat. 

Pneumonia, 



R. 


Tinct. opii deodor., 


r 


i drachm. 




Ammon. carbon., 


- 


3 " 




Ammon. muriate., 


- 


3 " 




Tinct. cubebae, 


- 


4 " 




Syrup pru. virg. q. s. ad. 


- 


3 ounces. 


Sig 


Take one teaspoonful as indicated. 




R. 


Potass, nitr., 


- 


36 grains. 




Spirit ether nitr., 


.* 


4 drachms. 




Tinct. hyoscyamus, 


- 


3 " 




Wine of ipecac, 


- 


1 




Syrup spl., 


- 


2 




Aqua dest, 


- 


2 ounces. 


Sig 


. Take one teaspoonful every three hours 






(Catarrhal.) 






R. 


Ammonii iodidi., 


- 


48 grains. 




Ammon. chloridi, 


_ 


3 drachms 




Mistura glycirrhizae comp., 


- 


2 ounces. 


Sig 


. Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 




R. 


Ammon. iodidi., 


- 


2 drachms. 




Spirit ammon. arom., 


- 


2 




Elixir, simpl., 


- 


i ounce. 




Listerine, 


- 


6 ounces. . 



Sig. Take two tablespoonfuls three times daily. 



— 147 — 

(Second Stage.) 

R. Ammon. carb., 2 drachms. 

Tinct. digitalis, i drachm. 

Mucilage acacia., - 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every three hours. 

(Typhoid.) 

R. Tinct. of aconit, - - 10 drops. 

Tinct. bryonia., - - 15 " 

Aqua dest, 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 

R. Ammon. salicylat. 

Ammon. carbon., - - aa 50 grains. 

Spirit ether nitr.*, - - 2 y 2 drms. 

Extract cocae fl., 

Glycerine, - - aa 10 drms. 

Liquid ammonia acet. q. s. - 5 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful in water every |three to four 
hours. 

R. Pulvis caryophillae, 2 drachms. 

Pulvis piementa, - - 2 . " 

Pulvis cinnamon, - - 2 u 

Pulvis sinipis. alba , - - 2 " 

Vaseline, 2 ounces. 

F. Unguentum. , 

Sig. Spread on muslin and apply over chest. 

Poisoning* 

(Ivy.) 

R. Boroglyceride, 1 ounce. 

Oil of sassafras, 3 ounces. 

Sig. Paint over the surface every, five hours. 

R. Bathe the inflammed parts every three hours in a 
strong decoction of chestnut leaves. 






— 148 — 

(Rhus.) 

R. Lotion nigra., 6 ounces. 

Sig. Apply cotton saturated with the black wash. 

R. Boroglyceride, 4 drachms. 

Oil sassafras, - - - iyi ounce. 

Sig. Apply with brush every six hours. 

' (A tropin.) 

R. Tinct. digitalis, - - 15 drops. 

Potass, nitr., - 10 grains. 

Whiskey, 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take at once. 

(Carbolic Acid.) 

R. Eat about one ounce of soap. 

(Lye-) 

R. Heat about one half pint of lard and eat it or take 
olive oil. 

(Poison Oak.) 

R. Paint with a solution of choral hydrat. 

(Cadaveric.) 

R. Hydrogen peroxide, - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water thrice a day and apply 
locally on saturated cotton. 



(Unknown.) 




R. Magnesia calc, 


- 


1 drachm. 


Iyign. carbonic, 


. 


1 


Hydrat oxide of iron, 


- 


1 


Aqua dest., 


- 


2 ounces. 


Sig. Take at once. 







— 149 — 

t (Emetic.) 

R. Sulphate of zinc, - - 30 grains. 

Ipecac pulv., - - - 50 " 

Sig. Take at once in water as an emetic, drink plenty of 
warm water. 

Poisons and Antidotes* 

Acids mineral, poison. Antidotes — Chalk, Magnesia, 
(plaster of wall in emergency), solution of soda, oils. 

Aconit. poison. Antidotes — Emetics, stimulants. 

Antim. tart, poison. Antidotes — Tannic, acid, catechu. 

Arsenic, poison. Moist peroxide of iron, charcoal, am- 
monia, cold affussion, artificial respiration. See Asyhyxia. 

Atrocia. See Belladonna, 

Argenti Nit. poison. Solution of common salt. 

Belladonna, poison. Emetics, cold to head, active 
cathartics, opium, ammonia and other stimulants inter- 
nally and externally. 

Cannabis Indica. poison. Hot whisky, vegetable acids, 
vinegar, allow patient to sleep. 

Cantharsides, poison. Emetics, raw eggs, opiates by 
mouth and rectum. 

Carbolic acid, poison. Oils, soap. 

Chlorine water, poison. Alaun., milk, flour. 

Chloroform, poison. Artificial respiration. (See as- 
phyxia;) galvanism through diaphragm, brandy and 
ammonia enemata, amyl nitrite, hypodermic injection of 
1-10 grain of Digitaline, followed in four hours after by 
1-10 grain Atropin. 

Colchicum, poison. Emetic, demulcent drinks, if coma 
supervene, brandy, ammonia, black coffee. 

Conium, poison. Emetics, followed by stimulants. 

Corrosive sdblimat, poison. White of eggs, flour, milk, 
protochloride of tin. 



— 150 — 

Croton oil, poison. Emetics, mucilage containing lau- 
danum. 

Copper sulph., poison. White of eggs. 

Digitalis, poison. Recumbent posture after emetics, 
stimulanst. 

Elaterium, poison. Mucilage, cream, enemata, small 
doses of opium, warm baths. 

Hydrocyanic acid, poison. Artificial respiration, cold 
affusion, precipitated oxide of iron, or Stewart's succinate. 

Hyoscyamus, poison. Emetics, stimulants, lemon juice. 

Iodine, poison. Drinks of starch or flour diffused in 
water. 

Lead salts, poison. Epsom salts, succeeded by emetics, 
Hunyadi water, opium, milk. 

Lobelia, poison. Stimulants. 

Morphia, poison. Same as opium. 

Nux- Vomica, poison. Enema: jounce of tobacco to 
20 ounces of boiling water to be injected till spasms abate, 
nicotine 1 drop in warm cherry and water, vinegar. 

Opium, poison. Emetic, stimulants, coffee, cold affu- 
sion, galvanism, artificial respiration, forced prolonged 
exercise, belladonna or atropia. 

Phosphorus, poison. Magnesia, turpentine, emetics, and 
purgatives. 

Potash and soda salts, poison. Dilute acetic acid, oils, 
mucilage, raw eggs. 

Stramonium, poison. (See belladona.) 

Strychnia, poison. Chloroform, belladona, amyl, tinc- 
ture of aconite, morphia, tobacco, chloral in drachm doses, 
8 grains morphia antidote to 1 grain strychnine', also 
vinegar. 

Tobacco, poison. Emetic, stimulants, strychnia. 

Oils of tansy, cedar and pennyroyal, poison. Stimu- 
lants, amyl nitrite. 



J5i 



Powder Stains* 

R. Biniodide of ammon. 

Aqua dest. 
Sig. Paint, after drying up paint with: 
R. Acid hydrochlor. dil. 

R. Hydrarger. bichlorid. 

Tinct. benzoini comp. 

Aqua dist 
Sig. Saturate cloth and lay over part. 



aa i ounce. 
/ 

y 2 ounce. 

7 grains. 

2 drachms. 

8 ounces. 



R. 



Sig. 
R. 



Pruritus, 

Olei Cadini 

Acid salicyl. "■"'''..." 

Unguent, zinci oxide 
Apply twice daily. 

Sodii hyposulphites 
Glycerine - 

Aqua dest . 

Sig. Apply as a lotion. 

R. Acid carbolic 

Glycerine q s. to 

Syrup aurantii 
Sig. Take a tablespoonful mornings and 

R. Calomel - 

Vaseline - 
Sig. Apply externally. 

R. Salicylate of sodium 

Aqua dest. - 

Syrup turantii 
Sig. Take a tablespoonful tthice daily. 

R. Menthol soap 

Sig. Wash the parts twice a day, rub in 
wipe dry. 



i drachm. 
15 grains. 
1 ounce. 



y 2 ounce. 
2 drachms. 
4 ounces. 

1 to 2 drachms, 
dissolve. 
12 ounces, 
ings. 

80 grains. 

1 ounce. 

2 drachms. 
4 ounces. 
1 ounce. 



y 2 pound, 
the foam, then 



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(Ani.) 
R. The application of raw linseed oil gives immediate 

relief 

(Vulvae.) 
R. Acid carbol. - - - 7^ grains. 

Morphin acetic ... 6 grains. 

Acid hydrochlor. dil. - - 45 drops. 

Glycerine n - - - - 2*4 drms. 

Aqua dest. - - - 3 drachms. 

Sig. A sponge dipped in this lotion is to be applied to 

the itching spot. 

(Senile.) 

R. Acid carbol 1 ounce. 

Vinegar aromatic - 7 ounces. 

Warm water 1 quart. 
Sig. Wash the whole body every evening with this solu- 
tion, then after drying dust the following powder 
over the body: 

R. Salicylate of bismuth - - 5 drachms. 

Starch 3 ounces. 

Procreating Sexes at Choice* 

(See Pregnancy*) 

Pregnancy* 

Conception consists in the fertilization of the egg of the 
female by the spermatozoa of the male in the ovaria, then 
fecundation takes place, there must be a union of the two 
materials furnished by both sexes, it may occur without 
the patient being conscious of its occurence or against her 
will. The most favorable period for conception is either 
before or after a menstruation. 

The signs and symptoms of pregnancy the first and sec- 



ond months are, a stoppage of the menses, nausea, vomit- 
ing, flatness of the abdomen, depression of the umbilical 
ring, tenderness of the breasts; third and fourth months in 
addition to the above, there is now a slight fullness of the 
abdomen, augmented swelling of the breasts, prominence 
of the nipples and discoloration around areolae; fifth and 
sixth months the disturbance of the digestive organs usu- 
ally disappears, abdomen becomes well rounded and full, 
fluctuation can be detected, and the color around the nip- 
ples becomes brown; seven and eight months abdominal 
tumor large, discoloration of the skin of the abdomen com- 
mon, often varicose veins of the leg, labia, vulva, vaginal 
granulations, lucorrhoea, pruritus, and real copper color 
around the nipples; first half of the ninth month, vomitinis 
liable to reappear, the abdominal swelling is so great that 
the skin of the abdomen is stretched, tense, is difficulty of 
breathing, oedema (numbness) of feet; last half of ninth 
month, vomiting ceases, abdomen relaxes, uterus descends, 
there is less difficulty in breathing, but more in walking, 
often difficulty in urinating — sometimes suppression, inr* 
other cases an inability to hold it — often piles, pains in the 
loins, cramps in the lege, colic; last fortnight, fundus 
sunk low down, movements active, mouth of uterus open, 
soft dilated, the whole cavity of the neck becomes 
confoundet with that of the body. The entire period 
of pregnancy occupies nine calendar months, or forty 
weeks, time varies somewhat, there is no very exact 
time, or number of days to which pregnancy may be pro- 
tracted, still, it would be safe to maintain that in no case 
can it be prolonged over three weeks beyond the natural 
period. (See obstetrical table.) 



— 154 — 

Procreating Sexes at Choice* 

Here presents itself the great question which has for a long 
time agitated the schools — I mean that of generating or 
procreating males and females. Hippocrates, in his forty- 
eighth aphorism, section fifth, tells us: The male .foetuses 
are on the right side, and the female on the left side. The 
commentators have added, if the first step the women 
makes, standing up is of the right foot, if, being seated, 
she leans rather the right hand on the right knee, if the 
right eye is more vivid, the right nipple more enlarged, all 
her motions more lively and ready on the right side, with 
all the other symptoms of pregnancy accompanying, it is a 
sign she bears a male. Hence there is a means to fecundate 
the uterus accordingly, which the Accoucheur Millot of Paris 
relates in his "Androgenesy," after thirty years experience. 
The means he proposes is easy, and every husband can use 
it at choice: To procreate a boy, the husband must lie on 
the right side of the wife, the bed making an inclined 
plane, the right ovarium will be fecundated in that posi- 
tion. By sleeping on the left side, the prolific spirit will 
instil itself into the left ovarium, and she will procreate a 
girl, by means of the paternal degree of heat and stimu- 
lus communicated to the ovarium or human egg. Rubbing 
the side also will add to the stimulus of the contact of the 
two spouses. 

The above statement, has proved to be correct in a cer- 
tain number of cases examined b]- Dr. Roberts of Paris. 

The equal number of boys and girls in Germany, etc., is 
in my opinion only and solely attributed to the marriage 
after full maturity of the parents, resp. after the twentieth 
year of the women and the twenty-fourth to twenty-eighth 
of the men and the uses of the sleeping separately in a 
single bed and in some higher circles in a separate room. 
This may sound to many readers illogical and obscure, but 
the facts can easily be proven. 



— 155 — 

A full grown female, resp. male is physiologically better 
qualified of creating the more stronger and finer apparatus 
of a male child, than weak parents, (when children them- 
selves) can propogate. 

The single bed has the unquestionable advantage of pre- 
serving man and womanhood better than the double bed 
with its everlasting temptations, not to speak of the 
unhealthy atmosphere and disturbances through almost 
every night, where absolute rest is so necessary to health, 
by sleeping together in one bed. 

Just think of a sick woman on one side of the bed and a 
healthy man on the other ! 

Man in business and married has got to prevent too 
o^reat a strain on his nervous svstem, and the best wav he 
can do this, is to sleep by himself in a single bed, that will 
cut short otherwise unrestricted passions and temptations 
on both paternal sides, without decline in love and care, and 
he not only will preserve his strength and vigor but will 
prolong life without swallowing bottle after bottle of health 
restorative preparations; and the woman on the other hand 
will store up a more strong«t life-giving element also. 

When pregnancy takes place and the woman knows she 
is in that state, she should eat the best of animal food, cake 
moderate exercise, but avoid hard work or any strain, and 
above all. keep her bowels regular by eating sufficient fruit,- 
she should make a regular habit of sponging or bathing 
the entire body once a day, no tales of woe or sorrow told 
in her presence and she should place her trust in the 
benevolent mercy and wisdom of her Creator. Her cloth- 
ing should be flannel, next the skin at all seasons, abun- 
dance of sleep and all symptoms in this state should be 
managed with as few drugs as possible. (See vomiting, 
headache, neuralgia, toothache, cramps, constipation, 
diarrhoea, pruritus, light fevers, flushings, under their respec- 
tive heads in this book.) Xow with reference to these and 






-156- 

other symptoms we would say: Palliate them in the best 
manner possible and avoid medication during pregnancy. 

It is well to forbid the use of all malt or alcoholic drinks. 
The Wine of Coca a tablespoonfull about twice a day in 
case of light sickness of all kinds in pregnancy is about 
the best remedy. 

Tightness of the abdomen is best relieved by rubbing 
warm olive oil into the abdomen before retiring, swelling ' 
of the labia best relieved with rest, bathing the parts with 
an infusion of witch-hazel. 

When the fortieth week has expired, there is likely to 
be some nervous depression, which is manifested by a rigor 
or chill of more of less intensity, a frequent inclination to 
make water, or else a suppression of it, bearing down, sub- 
sidence of the abdominal tumor, secretion of mucus, often 
streaked with blood, called the show; aching in the hips or 
thighs, sometimes, cramps and a dilatable condition' of 
the mouth of the womb, with alternate contractions, 
accompanied with pain. They are said to be such when 
the mouth of the uterus remains unaffected by them, these 
pains in some ladies are apt to come on several days before 
the genuine, and in all cases they should be stopped by an 
injection of starch and laudanum into the rectum. 

L,abor is divided into three stages: The first is the 
period of dilating of the mouth of womb sufficient to let 
the head of the child pass, the second is the expulsion of 
the child from the uterus and the third is a complete 
expulsion of the membranes and placenta. (See under 
head of Labor.) 

During the first stage it is unnecessary for the patient to 
go to bed, only once in a while for examination; after the 
first stage is nearly over, patient must go to bed. The best 
position is the left side. 

All examinations should be made during a pain. 

The membrane can be ruptured with the nail of the 



— 157 — 

index finger if they act as a retarding element, if they do 
not, they may be let alone, as they act as a good dilator. 

When the head is emerging under the arch of the pubes, 
the perinaeum should be supported with the palm of the 
left hand and retained there till the head is free from the 
vulva. / 

Do not pull or drag it but simply hold it until the next 
pain, when the body will be expelled. 

Ladies are remarkably sensitive, and the greatest deli- 
cacy should be observed. 

Her person must not be exposed. After the delivery of 
the child lay it on the right side, remove any mucus 
from its mouth and see if respiration is sufficient, if not, 
artificial respiration should be resorted to. (See asphyxia 
of infants.) 

As soon as the child cries lustily, that is the time to 
ligate the cord, apply the ligature one inch from the belly, 
the second one about two inches further up, and then cut- 
ing it between the two. 

Never pull on the cord from the belly, roll up the child 
in a soft blanket and hand it to the nurse, then attend to 
the mother and remove the after-birth, by a slight traction 
on the cord, a cough or sneeze from the mother may cause 
it to come away. 

If after-birth is attached to uterus resort to friction with 
oil over the abdomen and administer a little hot punch, 
after failing in this to remove placenta inside of two hours, 
introduce the hand in the form of a cone, well oiled, into 
the cavity of the uterus and gently grasp the after birth; 
withdraw the hand in harmony with the bearing down 
pain, it must be done with the greatest kindness and gen- 
tleness. After it is removed, the patient should be care- 
fully bandaged and a dry warm diaper should be pressed 
against the vulva; the bandage must be reapplied and 
should be worn for about three months; sponge abdomen 






/ 



- 158 - 

before reapplying the bandage with bay rum; a woman can 
be well preserved if due^care is taken of her, even after she 
has had a dozen children. 

Control hemorrhage by putting the child to the breast, 
after the mother has rested. A few days after give castor 
oil and watch the bladder carefully. 

The diet of the mother for the first nine days consists of 
oat meal gruel, sage, arrow-root, rice, malted milk, tea and 
toast, beef-tea; later on a liberal diet, still avoid indigesti- 
ble articles as veal, pork, salt meats and fish, pie, paste, 
cabbage, etc. 

The discharge that comes from the uterus after delivery 
is called the lochia, and should continue from two to three 
weeks, if longer, injections must be resorted to. (See 
injections after delivery.) 

If it should suddenly cease inside of the first two weeks, 
it must be re-established by applying hot cloths over 
abdomen and to the feet, with catnip tea and a few drops 
of tincture of aconite internally, if that fails, try tincture of 
serpen taria a teaspoonful in hot tea three to four times 
daily, inject flaxseed tea with laudanum into the rectum, 
and let patient drink linseed tea very warm, if this should 
fail, opium should be administered, hot water injections into 
the vagina with a few drops of carbolic acid, hot cloths, 
etc. etc. (See puerperal fever.) 

Retention ;of placenta fragments must invariably be 
regarded as a most grave complication, there being great 
danger of septicaemia. 

Determination of Sex* 

If between the birth of one baby and the conception of 
the next an even number of menstruations have taken 
place the second will be the same sex as the first; if an un- 
even number, of different sex. 



— 159 — 

The discharged ova also are of alternate sexes. 

Wilson's theory is that when impregnation occurs before 
menstruation the result will be a male child, if after » 
female. 



Psorasis, 



R. 


Hydroxylamin muriat 


- 


i drop. 




Aqua fort. ■ - 


- 


1 8 drachms 




Calcar. carb. q. s. ad. ventr. 






Sig. 


Apply with wet cloth twice 
gradually. 


daily 


and increase 


R. 


Acid chrysophanic 


- 


10 grains. 



Sig- 



R. 

Sig 



Liq. carboniis detergent - - 10 drops. 

Hydrarg. am. chloride 10 grains. 

Adipis benzoat i ounce. 
Wash off the scales, then rub in the ointment stand- 
ing before the fire. Malted milk diet. 

Resorcin, salicylic, sulphur, tar soap y 2 pound. 

Wash the parts twice a day, rub in the foam, then 
wipe dry. 



Purpura* 

R. Tinct. belladonna 24 drops. 

Tinct. ferri chlorati - - ■ y 2 ounce. 

Aqua dest. - - - 1 y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 

Puerperal Fever, 

R. Dovers powders 80 grains. 

Antipyrine - - - 2 drachms. 

F. capsuls No 20. 
Sig. Take one three or four times daily. Over the abdo- 
men apply constantly a flannel cloth saturated with 



— 160 — 

spirits of turpentine, until erythema ' of the skin 
appears, after that follow with fomentations of popies 
for several days; wash the entire surface with hot 
water, to which some peroxide of hydrogen is 
added, say one ounce to one gallon of soft water, a 
few times daily, then take: 

R. Leptandra pulv. i drachm. 

Opii pulv i grain. 

Quinin. sulph. 5 grains. 

Sig. At once. Following two hours after with: 

R. Infusion of Sennac - - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take at once until bowels operate freely, repeat the 
Laxative every six or eight hours; should violent , 
purging come on, withdraw the drug; as a drink take 
chlorine water, after bowels empty take : 

R. Tinct. of iodine 1 drachm. 

Acid carbol. - - - ' 5 drops. 

Syrup spl. 3 ounces. 

Sig. A teaspoonful three times daily. For a vaginal 
and uterine wash use: 

R. Boroglyceride 1 ounce. 

Hot water 8 ounces. 

Sig. Inject three times daily the above quantity. For 
drinks besides chlorine water, toast-water, arrow-root, 
lemonade, soda water. After recovery a more sub- 
stantial diet, tonics and stimulants. 

Pyaemia* 

R. Resorcin ' 2 drachms. 

Sulphate of Thallin - - 24 grains. 

F. Capsules No. 12. 
Sig. Take one capsule every hour. 



i6i 



R. Quinin sulphate 
F. Capsules No. 20. 
Sig. Take one mornings and evenings. 



2 drachms. 



R. Hydrogen peroxide 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take thirty drops in a little water twice a day. A 
good diet, plenty of beef, good ventilation, sunlight, 
avoidance of all insanitary states, wine, brandy with 
plenty of malted milk. 

Quinsy* 

(See Tonsillitis.) 

Relapsing Fever, 

(See Typhoid Fever.) 
The same treatment. 





Rectum 




(Fissure,) 


R. Ergotinae 


- 


Sulphur subl 


- 


Menthol 


- 


Extr. belladona ale. 


Unguent, zinci. 


oxide 


Sig. Apply. 





1 drachm. 
y 2 drachm. 
5 grains. 
10 grains. 
y 2 ounce. 



Prolapsus, 

R. Extr. nux-vomica fl. - - 2 drops. 

Aqua dest. 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take three drops every four hours, for a child of one 
or two years of age. 



162 



R. Exta. Colinsonia canad. fl. 


20 drops. 


Elixir simpl. . - . - 


1 drachm, 


Aqua dest. - 


3 ounces. 


Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 




R. Opii. pulv. - 


3 grains. 


Sodi. borat. - 


10 " 


Acid salicyl. - - - 


10 " 


Camphorac - - 


5 " 


Glycerine 


1 ounce. 






Sig. Drop six drops upon a small lump of mutton tallow 
and introduce it into the rectum, repeat every four 
hours aud apply bandage. 

Inflammation, 



R. 

Sig. 

R. 

Sig. 
R. 



Antipyrine 
Aqua cinnamon 

Take a teaspoonful every 4 hours. 

inject: 

Tinct. opii. aquas 
Starch 

Rain water - 

Inject. L,ater on: 



1 drachm. 
y 2 ounce. 
Into the rectum 

1 drachm. 
1 ounce. 
8 " 

1 drachm. 



Sig. 



Iodol. ' 

Extr. of belladonna - - 5 grains. 

Opii. pulv. - - - 12 " 

Butter of cocoa a sufficient quantity to make 12 sup- 
positories. 
Insert one every four hours. 



-i6 3 - 

Ulceration* 

R. Resorcin - - - i drachm. * 

Salol. 2 drachms. 

Extr. belladonna - - 10 grains. 

Opii pulv. - - - 24 " 

Butter of cocoa sufficient to make 24 suppositories. 

Sig. Insert one three times daily. Bowels should be 

washed out after every stool. Diet very light and 
bland. 



R. 



Remittent Fever* 



Sig. 
R. 

Sig. 



Tinct. veratr. virid. 


1 drachm. 


Tinct. aconit rad. 


1 " 


Tinct. Gelsemium 


1 v " 


Sweet spirits of nitr. 


1 " 


Aqua dest. 




Syrup spl aa. 


2 ounces. 


Take a teaspoonful every half hour. 


If pulse is 


down to seventy then begin with: 




Quinin sulph. ... 


t drachm. 


Sulph. acid aromat 


30 drops. 


Aqua dest - 




Syrup spl. - . - aa. 


1 once. 


Take a teaspoonful every four hours. 


Diet, beef 


tea, malted milk, toast-water. 





Remarks for Remembrance* 

(See Index.) 

Rectal Alimentation* 

(See Index.) 

Respiration* 

(See Index.) 



— 164 — 




Rhinitis* 




R. Potass, sozoidol 




Talcum - - 


aa. 2}i drms. 


Sig. Use by insufflation. 




R. Zincum sozoidol 
Talc- venet. 


45 grains. 
5 drachms. 


R. Sulphur water 

Sig. Apply with atomizer. 


4 ounces. 


R. Oil peppermint 2 drachms. 
Sig. Paint the inside of the nostrils with brush. 


R. Boroglyceride 
t' Rain water 


1 ounce. 
5 ounces. 


Sig. Snuff it up a few times daily. 




R. Creolin 
Rain water 


5 drops. 
1 pint. 


Sig for douching the nose. 




Rheumatism* 




R. Potass. Iodidi 
Potass, acetate 
Tinct. colchicum sem. 


5 grains. 
10 grains. 
10 drops. 



Elixir simple 

Aqua dest. aa. q. s. ad - - 1 drachm. 

Sig. Use every four hours, with Dover powder at night. 

R. Wine of colchicum . - 2 drachms. 

Fowler's solution 1 drachm. 
Sig. Take thirty drops mornings and evenings. 

R. Sodii salicylate - - 4 drachms. 

Glycerine - - 2 " 

Oil Gaultheria 20 drops. 

Tinct. ferri chloridi 4 drachms. 



-i6 5 - 

Acid citric - - 10 drops. 

Liqu. ammon. citratis 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three or four hours. 

R. Oil of wintergreen 2 ounces. 

Soap liniment - - 6 " 
Sig. Apply on lint. 

R. Wring out a towel, dipped in hot water and apply to 
the painful parts. 

R. Potass, iodid. - - - 1% drms. 

Soda salicylate - - 5 ' " 

Syrup aurantic cort. - - 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful mornings and evenings. For 
children about one teaspoonful. 

R. Iodid of potass. - 

Soda Salicylate - - - aa. 2 drms. 

Extr. manaca fl. 2 drachms. 

Tinct. cimicifugae 1 ounce. 

Lithiated hydrargea - - 4 " 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three or four hours. 

(Chronic.) 

R. Acid arseniosi 3 grains. 

Pulv. guaici - - - 3 " 

Pulv. capsici y 2 drachm. 

Pil. aloe et myrrh 3 grains. 

F. Pil. No. 40. 

Sig. Take one pill a day. 

R. Extr. conii ale. 1 - 1 drachm. 

Cocaine hydrochlor. 5 grains. 

Atropia sulph. 1 grain. 

Veratrin - - - 20 grains. 

Unguent, aqua rose - - 1 ounce. 
Sig. Apply mornings and evenings. 



i66 



, Ringworm* 




R. Acid salicyl. - 




y 2 drachm. 


Collodion 




4 drachms. 


Sig. Paint on daily. 






R. Sodii hyphosulphite 




y 2 ounce: 


Glycerin 




2 drachms. 


Aqua dest. - 




4 ounces. 


Sig. Use as a lotion. 






R. Ammoniated mercury, 






Sulphur flowers 




aa. i drhm. 


Vaseline . - 




i ounce. 


Sig. Apply twice a day. 






R. Hydrargeri - 




i ounce. 


Oil of terebinth 




% " 


Emplastr. plumbi 




4 ounces. 


Sig. Spread on linen and apply closely 


to the spot. 


(Of the Scalp.) 






R. Cupri oleat. - 




y 2 drachm. 


Vaseline - 




i ounce. 


Sig. Shave the hair and apply twice a 


day. 





Rickets* 



R. Phosphorus 
Cod liver oil 
Sig. Take one teaspoonful a day. 



i gram. 
12 y 2 ozs. 



R. Ozonized glycerite of kephaline 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take thirty drops in a little water twice daily one 
hour before meals. Diet, plenty of beef, bovinin, 
daily bathing and massage, fresh air and sunlight, 
warm clothing. / 



i6 7 



Rosacea* 



R. Ergotinae 

Cocaine hydrochlor 
Plumbi carbonat. 
Unguent aqua rose 
Apply externally. 



y 2 grain. 
5 grains. 
y 2 drachm. 
y 2 ounce. 



Sig. 

R. 

Sig. 



Ergotine soap - - y 2 pound. 

Wash the parts twice a day, rub in the foam, then 
wipe dry. 

Rubeoke. 

Keep the child in bed a few days, between blankets, and 
give internally: 

R. Tinct. aconite y 2 drachm. 

Tinct. of Serpentaria comp - i ounce. 

Syrup spl. 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two to four hours; liquid 
diet, warm drinks. 

Rupture* 

(Sec Hernia.) 

Rules for Bathers* 

(See Index.) 



R. 



Saliva* 

(Excessive.) 
Extract of jaborandi fl. 



Sig. Take one drop in water every hour. 

R. Liqu. plumbi subacetate 

Aqua dest ... 

Sig. Use as a mouth wash. 



y 2 ounce. 

i drachm. 
8 ounces. 



— i68 — 

Sciatica* 

R. Chloroform - - 7 to 15 drops. 

Sig. Inject hypodermically 

R. Envelope the limb for one night in flowers of sulphur. 

R. Salol - - - 60 grains. 

F. Capsules No. 6. 

Sig. Take one capsule every two hours. 

R. Tinct. of aconite rad. 

Tinct. of colchicum seed, 

Tinct. of belladonna, 

Tinct.^ of actia racemosa - aa. 2 drms. 

Sig. Take six drops every two hours until relief is felt, 
locally paint on: 

R. Ozone concentrat: 2 ounces, 

and cover with cotton. 

_ 
Scarlet Fever* 

Germination four to eight days. 
Eruption appears, second day of feyer. 
Eruption fades, fifth day of fever. 

R. Acid Salicyl. - . - 2 drachms. 

Tinct. Aconit. - - - 12 drops. 

Infus. digitalis - - - 1^ ounce. 

Spirit, ammon. aromat. - 3 drachms. 

Syrup aurantii cort - • - y 2 ounce. 

Aqua dest - - 1 ounce. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every three hours for a child of 
five years. 

R. Extr. guaiac fl. 2 drachms. 

Tinct. aconit - - 6 drops. 

Syrup spl 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take half a teaspoonful every two hours for a child 
under two years of ^ge. 



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R. 

Sig. 
R. 

Sig. 



Soda Salicylate 
Aqua dest 
Take a teaspoonful according to age. 



40 grams. 
6 ounces. 



R. 



Antipyrine - - i% drhms. 

Aqua cinnainom 3 ounces. 

Take teaspoonful every two or three hours, at the 
same time cold baths lasting about eight minutes, 
then rubbing of the entire body; diet malted milk. 

(Scarlet Fever Sore Throat.) 

Katharmon 1 ounce. 

Acid carbol. (two per cent.) - 10 drops. 

Chloral hydrat - - 10 grains. 

Aqua menth. pip. - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Use as a gargle or by swab several times a day. 

(Desquamation After.) 

R. Acid carbol. - 20 drops. 

Thymol - - 10 grains. 

Vaseline 1 ounce. 

Sig. Anoint the body including the scalp daily, then put 
child in a warm bath for a few minutes and then to 
bed, wiping the body dry beneath the bed clothes. 



R. Oil Eucalyptus 

Vaseline 
Sig. Anoint daily twice. 



5 drops. 
1 ounce. 



(Prophylactic.) 

R. Acid carbol 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take one drop in a little water three times daily, at 
the same time gargle with ten drops of carbolic acid 
of ten ounces of rain water a few times daily. 



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Extr. belladonna fl. 2 drops. 

Spirit Vini rect. 2 drachms. 

Sig. Take from five to twenty drops twice a day, accord- 
ing to age. 
Out of 247 children taking this prophylactic only 13 
took sick with the scarlet fever. 



Scabies, 



R. 



\y 2 drms., 
7 ounces. 

1 drachm. 
4 drachms. 

iy 2 ounces. 

• 

y 2 drachm. 
y 2 ounce. 
3 ounces. 



pound. 



Creolin - 

Vaseline 
Sig. Rub on. 

R. Sulphur subl. ... 

Balsam peru 

Vaseline - - 

Sig. Rub over entire body twice a day. 

R. Red oxide of mercury 

Balsam of peru 

Vaseline ... 

Sig. Rub on. 

R. Creolin soap - 

Sig. Wash the parts twice a day, rub in the foam, then 
wipe dry. 

Scurvy* 

R. Use a strict milk diet. 

Scrotum* 

(Inflammation. ) 

Iodid of potass - 

Ammon. muriat. 

Alcohol 

Aqua dest. - 

Apply constantly on cotton to scrotum; wear sus- 
pensory. 



R. 



Sig. 



1 drachm. 

2 drachms. 



aa. 2 ozs. 



— 171 — 

Sea Sickness* 

R. Oxalate of cerium i drachm. 

F. Pulv. dos. 6. * 

Sig. Take one powder every two hours. 

R. Chloral hydrate • - 45 grains. 

Sig. Take this amount before vomiting sets in, say about 

two or three days before embarking, daily a small 

quantity. 

R. Cocaine muriat - - n^grs. 

Flour - - - 10 grains. 

F. Pulv. dos. 18. 

Sig. Take one powder on tongue three times daily, a week 
before going to sea. 

R. Trochici eucalypt gummi 1 grain, No. 12. 
Sig. Take one when sickness is coming on. 

R. Bromidia (Battle.) 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take 10 drops every hour from the time of going to 
sea. This remedy is the best up to this time. 



Self Abuse, 

(Sec Index.) 



Schampoo, 

(For the Scalp.) 

R. Saponis olivae praep - - 4 ounces. 

Cologne - - - 4 " 

Sig. Local use. 



— 172 — 

Shingles* 

R. Cocaine hydrochlor. - - 5 grains. 

Extr. belladonna fl. * - y 2 ounce. 

Witch hazel dist. - - 1% ounces. 

Sig. Mop over the surface frequently, and use : 

R. Zinci oxide y 2 ounce, 

as dusting powder; light diet, open bowels, no meat or 
fish of any kind- 
Shock* 

R. Quinin 1 drachm. 

Tinct. nux vomica - - j£ " 

Strychnin - - - 1% grs. 

Aqua dest. 3 ounces. 

Syrup spl. 1 ounce. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours; rest in bed, 

galvanism, sponging with salt water, a quiet room. 

Sir William Gull. 

(See Index.) 

Sleeplessness* 

R. Bromidia (Battle) - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every hour until sleep. 

R. Sulfonal - - 1 drachm. 

Sacchar alb - - - 20 grains. 

F. Pulv. dos. 4 

Sig. Take one powder, in warm water every one to two 
hours. 

R. Chloralamid - - - 60 grains. 

Sig. Take one third part in a little whisky or wine every 
hour. 



— 173 — 

R. Somnal 

Saccharin 
F. Pulv. dos. 3 
Sig. Take one powder every hour. 



45 grains, 
i grain. 



(Of Babies.) 

R. Extr. Hyoscyamus fl. - - 6 drops. 

Syrup spl. ' i ounce. 

Sig. Take a half teaspoonful every twenty minutes until 
sleep. 
In all cases of sleeplessness stimulants must be avoided, 
also tea, coffee and tobacco, plenty of fresh air, good food, 
daily baths with massage and open bowels are very 
important. 

SmelL 

(Loss of.) 

R. Strychnin pur. 3 grains. 

Boric acid - - 1 drachm. 

Sacchar. alb. 2 drachms. 

F. Snuff. 

Sig. Take a pinch and snuff it up the nostrils a few times 
daily. Keep the nostrils clean of crusts and hair. 

R. Wine of cocoa 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful thrice daily, tonics, stimulants 
and good food. 



R. 



Sig. 



Sma 


H Pox. 




Infuf. of arnica 


. 


5 ounces. 


Tinct. opii crocat 


- 


10 drops. 


Pulv. acacia 






Sachar. alb. 


- 


aa. 2 drms 


Take a tablespoonful 


every hour. 





174 — 



R. Iodoform - 

Pulvis camphorac 

Vaseline - 

Sig. Apply by gentle inunction. 

(To prevent Pitting.) 

R. Boric acid - ' 

Glycerine 
Sig. Apply with Camel's hair brush. 



Vz drachm. 



i ounce. 



i drachm. 
2 ounces. 



(To Quiet the Stomach.) 

R. Aqua menth. pip. - - 4 ounces. 

Tinct. Opii. - - 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful a few times daily; in addition 
give: 



8 ounces. 
4 



R. Aqua dest. 

Bicarbonate of soda . 

Bichloride of mercury - - 2 grains. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two to three hours. Dur- 
ing fever take: 



R Tinct. of aconit 


1 drachm. 


Tinct. of belladonna 


1 " 


Aqua dest. 




Syrup spl. 


aa. 2 ozs. 


Sig. A teaspoonful every hour. 




(As a Tonic.) 




R. Quinin sulph 


1 drachm. 


Sulphuric acid arom 


2 drachms. 


Aqua dest. 




Syrup aurautii 


aa. 2 ozs. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 



— 175 — 
(To Prevent Pitting.) 

R. Resorcin - - - % ounce. 

Vaseline 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply over the whole face and breast; keep patient 
in bed, darkened isolated room, warm drinks, light 
diet, bovinin, broths, malted milk, cream, finely 
chopped meat, chicken, game; fumigate the room 
twice a day, disinfect every vessel, remove carpets, 
clothing, etc. Keep up ventilation, no bod]^ outside 
of nurse allowed to communicate with the patient. 
Germination twelve days ; eruption appears third day of 

fever; scales form on ninth day, and fall off on fourteenth 

to twenty-second day. 

Snake Bites* 

R. Apply pure carbolic acid to kill the poison. 

R. Hydrogen peroxide - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Apply on cotton. 

R. Cauterize the wound freely with caustic potash, or 
chop a number of red onions very fine and beat into 
them pulverized muriate of ammonia, apply for several 
hours; later on poultice with lobelia and slippery elm. 
(See hydrophdbia.) 

Soothing* 

(Sedatives for Babies.) 

R. Camphorae monobromatae - 16 grains. 

Extr. Hyoscyami fl. - - 16 drops, 

Syrup lactucarii (aubr's) q. s. - 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take teaspoonful every hour until relief is obtained. 
(Never use Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup, it contains 

morphia.) 



-i 7 6- 

Sprains. 

R. Oppodeldoc ... 4 ounces. 

Sig. Rub on a few times daily. 

R. Tinct. arnica 1 ounce. 

Tinct. gramin - 2 ounces. 

Aqua dest. - - - 6 " 

Sig. Apply bandage first, then keep it saturated day and 
night with this solution. 

R. Smartweed - - - 2 ounces. 

Mullen leaves - - - 2 " 

Saltpeter - - 1 ounce. 

Rum 1 quart. 

F. Set aside and filter. 

Sig. Apply on towel. 

R. Apply hot water for at least twenty minutes twice a 
day and use massage after; roll up bandage; rest for the 
sprained part and elevation. 

Spasm, 

(Muscular.) 
R. Spray with rhigolene for one minute four times daily. 

(Of the Glottis.) 

R. A pinch of snuff judiciously sniffed up the nostrils, 
will cause the former to subside. 

(Of the Bladder.) 

R. Fomentations of mustard water, poultice, drawing the 
urine; internally take cream of tartar with a little 
saltpeter in water. 



— 177 — 
(Of Infants.) 

R. Bath the child in warm mustard water, gentle fric- 
tion, open the bowels if constipated with a warm 
water injection, then give: 

R. Chloral 40 grains. 

Potass bromidi - - - 80 " 

Aqua dest. 
Syrup spl. - - - aa. 2 ozs. 

Sig. Take from one-half to a teaspoonful every one or 
two hours, according to age. 

Spleen* 

(Enlarged.) 

R. Tinct. Uvedaliae - y 2 ounce. 

Aqua dest. - - - 3 y 2 ozs. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times a day; apply locally 
an ointment made of the same, rubbing it well in. 

Spotted Fever* 

R. Epcalgine - - - 24 grains. 

Saccharin - - - 2 " 

F. Pulv. dos. 8 

Sig. Take one powder three times daily, hot baths, 
bovinin or malted milk for diet, active stimulants 
over the spinal cord as the following liniment: 

R. Tinct. of belladonna, 

Chloroform 

Aqua ammon. - aa. 2 ozs. 

Sig. Rub in well a few times daily. Besides the exalgine 

take internally: 
R. Glyceride of sulphur - - 2 ounces. 

Syrup spl. 1 ounce. 

Sig. A teaspoonful every three hours. 
23 






-i 7 8- 

R. Salicylate of soda 2 drachms. 

Acetate of ammonia - - 2 " 

Aqua dest 

Syrup spl * - - aa. 2 ozs. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two or three hours. 

Spermatorrhoea. 

(See Seminal Emissions)* 



R. 



Stye* 

Boraxic acid - - - 15 grains. 

Aqua dest. 1 ounce. 



Sig. 


Apply three times daily with camel's 


hair brush. 


R. 


Boroglyceride - 


y 2 ounce. 


Sig 


Apply four times daily with brush. 

Stomach. 

(Acidity.) 




R. 


Bismuth sub-carb 


i drachm. 




Rhei pulvis 


15 grains. 




Ferri sub-carb. - 


15 " 




Soda bicarbonatis 


30 " 


F. 


Pulv. dos. 10. 




Sig 


. Take one powder just before meals. 


\ 


R. 


Bxtr. berberis fl. 


y 2 ounce. 




Bxtr. cascara segrada fl. 


2 drachms. 




Tinct. nux vomica 


10 drops. 




Hydrocyanic acid dil. 


1 drachm. 




Extract of malt q. s. ad 


4 ounces. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful half an hour after each meal. 



— 179 — 

(Ulcers.) 

R. Creosoti ... 4 drops. 

Aqua dest. 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful mornings and evenings. 

R. Papoid 2 drachms. 

Resorcin 1 drachm. 

F. Capsules No. 12. 
Sig. Take one mornings and evenings. 

(Cramps.) 

R.. Hoffmann's anodyne - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take ten drops in sugar every half hour. 

R. Extr. belladonna fl. 4 drops. 

Aqua laurocerasi y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Take thirty drops four times daily; apply mustard 
plaster, turpentine, or hot water over stomach. 

(Inflammation.) 
(Sec Gastric Fever.) 

(Foreign Body in.) 
(See Vomiting.) 



Stomatitis* 

(Gangrenous.) 

R. Extr. Taraxicum fl. - - 1% ounces. 

Syrup rhei aromatic - - 1 ounce. 

Citrate iron sol. 2 drachms. 

Cascara cordial - - 1 ounce. 

Aqua dest. y 2 ounce. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily. 



— i8o — 



R. , Sodae salicylate 

Aqua de§t. 
Sig Wash the mouth every three hours. 

R. Katharmon 
Aqua dest. 
Sig. Wash the mouth every two hours. 



5 drachms. 
ZYz ozs. 



i ounce. 
6 ounces. 



Strangulation, 

(See Asphyxia*) 

Still Borru 

(See Asphyxia) 

Sterility* 

R. Damiana-phosphorus et 

Nux vomica pil. five grains each No. 50. 
Sig. Take one pill mornings and evenings. 



(Of the Female.) 



R. 



6 drachms. 
6 ounces. 
1 drachm. 
6 drachms, 
between and 



Bxtr. Sabinae fl. 
Aqua dest. 
Borax 

Sacchar. alb 
Sig. Take a tablespoonful one hour before 
after congress. 
A correct diagnosis must be made by the microscope 
and the probable cause removed, if no semen is found, 
treatment is of no avail. (See impotency also.) 

Stricture, 

(Of the Urethra.) 

R. Cocainized bougies of thallin, belladonna and Papoid, 
No. 12. 



i8i 



Sig. Insert one bougie every other night before retiring, 
empty the bladder first, the bougie will melt away 
soon. Avoid whisky, beer, wine and tobacco, sexual 
excitement. 

St* Vitus Dance* 



R. 


Ol. animal, ether 


i drachm. 




Spir. sulphuric ether 


3 drachms 


Sig. 


Take thirty drops four times daily. 




R. 


Cupri sulph. ammoniat. 
Aqua cinnamom, 


i drachm. 




Liqu. ammon. succini 


aa. 2 drms. 


Sig. 


Take eight drops in water thrice daily. 
Sun Burn* 




R. 


Citric acid - 


2 drachms. 




Sulphate of iron 


1 8 grains. 




Camphor .' > _ 


2 u 




Elder-flower water 


3 ounces. 


Sig. 


Apply with soft bit of cloth. 
Sun Stroke* 





R. Judicious use of warm water, wrapping the patient in 
a nude condition up in blankets wrung out of hot 
water, give an emetic of mustard and salts, allow 
the patient to drink freely of warm water with bicar- 
bonate of soda, open the bowels with a half teaspoon- 
ful cf comp. licorice powder with one drop of croton 
oil, as soon as the patient can swallow take: 

R. Ammonia sesquicarb. - - i ounce. 

Aqua dest. - . - 6 ounces. 

Sig. One teaspoonful when indicated by the condition of 
the heart, cup the nape of the neck and apply must- 
ard plaster to feet and hands. 



— 182 — 

Subinvolution* 

R. Myrrh pulv. 

01. sabina 
F. Pil. No. 10 j 

Sig. Take one pill three times a day. 



y 2 drachm. 
5 drops. 



Suffocation, 

(Sec Asphyxia.) 



Syphilis* 

(In all Forms.) 

R. Extr. trifol. comp. 

Syrup spl. - - - aa. 6 ozs. 

Take a tablespoonful three times daily in a little 
water, increasing to six tablespoonfuls daily. 

Comp. saxifraga - - 4 ounces. 

Tinct. of Kalmia - - 1 ounce. 

Potass. Iodid 2 drachms. 

Mercury bichloride - - 2 grains. 

Take a teaspoonful every three hours. 

Ozonized comp. saxifraga - 4 ounces. 

Tinct. of Kalmia - - 1 ounce. 

Potass. Iodid 3 drachms. 

Resorcin y 2 ounce. 
Sig. Take a teaspoonful thrice daily. 



Sig. 



R. 



Sig. 
R 



(Laryngeal and nasal.) 

R. Hydrarg. sozoidol 

Sacchar. lactis 
Sig. Use by insufflation. 



75 grains. 
3 drachms. 



i83 



(Locally.) 



R. Zinci sulphate - - > 


i drachm. 


Acid carbol. ... 


2 drachms 


Calomel - - - 


y 2 ounce. 


Vaseline 


y 2 pound. 


F. Unguentum. 




Sig. Apply to sores twice a day. 




R. Black wash - 


6 ounces. 


Sig. Apply constantly on saturated cotton. 




(Secondary.) 




R. Extr. Hydrastis fl. 


y 2 ounce. 


Potass iodid 


i " 


Liq. potass, arsenit 


% " 


Hydrarg corros. 


4 grains. 


Port wine • - 


y 2 quart. 


Sig. Take a teaspoonf ul before meals. 




(Tertiary.) 




R. Potass iodide 


2 y 2 drms. 


Syrup acid hydriodic 


i ounce. 



Aqua dest. 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful thrice daily in a wineglass full 
of rice-water. 

A good diet, daily baths, room, clothing, vessel, etc. dis- 
infected, sexual intercourse forbidden, isolation as much 
as possible, avoid kissing, drink wine with soda water. 



R. 



Syncope* 

Spirits of ammonia a few drops in brandy every little 
while, mustard plaster over region of heart, friction, 
recumbent position. (See fainting.) 



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Tape Worm, 



R. 


Oil tigli 


- 


i drop'. 




Chloroform 


- 


i drachm. 




Glycerine 


- 


i ounce. 


Sig. 


To be taken in the morning 


fasting. 




R. 


Croton oil 


- 


i drop. 




Petroleum 


- 


y 2 ounce. 




Oil turpentine 


- 


2 drachms. 




Chloroform 


- 


Yz drachm. 




Glycerine - 


- 


y 2 ounce. 


Sig. 


To be taken at once. 






R. 


Extract male fern fl. 


. 


1% drms. 


Sig. 


Take at once. 






R. 


Oil ricine 


_ 


y 2 ounce. 




- Oil terebinth 


- 


3 drachms. 




Mucilage tragac 


- 


y 2 ounce. 




Syrup Zingiberum 


- 


i drachm. 




Aqua dest 


- 


y 2 ounce. 


R. 


Bark of pomegranate root 


- 


y 2 ounce. 




Pumpkin seeds 


- 


i a 




Ethereal extr. male fern 


- 


i drachm. 




Ergot pulverized 


- 


% " 




Gumi arabic pulverized 


- 


2 drachms. 




Croton Oil 


- 


2 drops. 



The pomegranate root and pumpkin seeds to be bruised, 
and with the ergot boiled in eight ounces of water fifteen 
minutes; the oil to be rubbed with the acacia and male 



fern, and then formed into an emulsion with the decoction. 

Sig. A large dose of rochelle salts to be taken the pre- 
ceding night with no breakfast in the morning; at 
ten o'clock a. m. give the emulsion at one dose. 



-iS 5 - 

R. Chloroform i drachm. 

Syrup spl. i drachm. 

Sig. Take one third at seven a. m. same at nine and 
eleven a. m. and at noon one ounce of castor oil. 

R. A whole cocoanut grated fine, mixed with milk and 
taken on an empty stomach. 

Table for Administering Laudanum* 

(Sec Index.) 

Tears. 

(excessive.) 

R. Extr. Jaborandi fl. - - % ounce. 

Sig. Take one to five drops in water. 

Tetanus* 

(Traumatic.) 

R. Inject hypodermically y^ min. of carbolic acid every 
hour. 

R. Tinct. Lobelia - 3 drachms. 

Tinct. valerian - - - 1^ ounce. 

Tinct. capsicum - - y 2 drachm. 

Brandy 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every few minutes; apply clothes 

wrung out in a hot infusion of lobelia all over the 
body, after relaxation take: 

R. Hydrogen peroxide - - 1 ounce. 

Sig. A half to one teaspoonful in water three times daily, 
also bromide of potass, from ten to sixty grains a day 

in water. 

24 



i86 



Close the patient's ears with wax, darken the room, secure 
absolute rest in bed, the floor must be heavily carpeted, 
attend him with shaded lantern and serve food that 
requires no mastication, especially malted milk. 



Teething* 
(With Fever and Spasms.) 

R. Mannae elect. - - - % ounce. 

Magnes. carb. dep. i drachm. 

Potass, nitr. dep. - - %• • . " 

Extr. Hyoscyamus ft, - 2 drops. 

Aqua Foenicul. - - i ounce. 

Syrup althae - - % ounce. 

Sig. Take two teaspoonfuls every hour. 

(With Diarrhoea.) 

R. Castor oil i drachm. 

Turpentine - - - 10 drops. 

Sig. Take four drops every hour or two. 



R. 



Testicles. 

(Swelling.) 



R. Tinct. Pulsatilla 



-K.. linct. ruisauna - - 2/2 

Sig. Take twenty drops in water every two hours. 



2y 2 drms. 



y 2 ounce. 



Tobacco - 

Linseed meal - ... 2 "■ 

F. Poultice. 

Sig. Apply, at the same time use suspensory, avoid sexual 
intercourse, lifting, jumping or working as much as 
possible, open bowels, light diet. 



-i8 7 - 
(Inflammation.) 

R. Ammon. inuriat 2 drachms. 

Spirit vine rft. - - 2 ounces. 

Aqua dest. - - - 2 U 

Sig. Apply on cotton constantly to inflamed testicle. 

(Enlargement.) 

R. Try electricity. 

The Food of American and European Laborers* 

(See Index. ) 

The Inhabitants of Cheese* 

(See Index.) 

The Relation of Growth to the Body, etc* 

• (See Index.) 

The Value of Vegetables* 

(See Index.) 

Throat Sore* 

R. Katharmon i ounce. 

Acid carbolic (two per cent) - io drops. 

Chloral hydrat - - - io grains. 

Aqua menth. pip. - - i ounce. 

Sig. Use as a gargle or by swab several times daily. 

R. Potass chlorate 2 drachms. 

Tinct. guaiac amon. - - 3 " 

Mel despumat i ounce. 

Tinct. cinchonae comp. - 2 drachms. 

Aqua dest. q. s. ad - - 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful to one half glass of milk, 
gargle and swallow a little. 



— i88 — 

(Of Ministers, etc.) 

R. Acid carbolici 

Tinct. iodi comp. 

Glycerine 

Aqna dest. 
Sig. Use as a gargle, properly diluted. 



12 drops. 

75 " 
2 ounces. 



Thirst 

R. Potass, phosphate i drachm. 

Aqua dest 5 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful several times daily. 

R. Paint the tongue with glycerine. 

R. Infusion of kaki. 

R. Horsford's acid phosphate - 1 ounce. 

Sig. A teaspoonful in a glass of water. 

7*oothache* 



R. Chloroform 


14 drops. 


Mastich 


8 grains. 


Balsam peruv. 


5 drops. 


Sig. Place two drops in cavity of tooth. 




R. Oil of cloves 


12 drops. 


Tinct. pinpinell 




Tinct. opii. croc 


aa. 1 drhm 


Sig. Rub on outside a teaspoonful. 




R. Camphor - 


10 grains. 


Alum pulv. ... 


10 u 


Muriate of cocaine 


2 


Sig. Put a little into the tooth. 





1 89 



R. Morphine acetate 
Oil of peppermint 
Phenol 
Collodion 

Sig. Apply with cotton. 



% gram. 
5 drops. 
20 " 
1 drachm. 



R. Drop a bit of soda into the cavity of the aching tooth. 

R. Wring out a towel dipped in hot water and apply to 
the affected parts. 



Tonsilitis, 



R. Tinct. iodi. 2 drachms. 

Acid carbolic y 2 drachm. 

Sig. Apply w 7 ith camel's hair brush night and morning. 



R. 


Benzoate of sodium > 


- 


3 drachms. 




Glycerine 


- 


1 ounce. 


Sig. 


Take teaspoonful every hour. 






R. 


Tinct. guaic am. 








Tinct. cinchonae comp. 


- 


aa. 4 drms. 




Potass, chlorate 


- 


2 




Mel. despumat. 


- 


4 




Pulvis acacia q. s. 








Aqua dest. q. s. ad - 




4 ounces. 


Sig. 


Use as a gargle and take a teaspoonful 


every two 




hours. 






R. 


Benzoate of sodium 


- 


3 drachms. 




Glycerine 


- 


1 ounce. 




Elixir calisaya bark 


- 


1 


Sig. 


Take a teaspoonful every hour. 






R. 


Tinct veratrum virid 


- 


1 drachm. 




Syrup spl. 


- 


1 ounce. 



Sig. Take a half teaspoonful every three hours. 






— 190 — 

R. Chloral 

Glycerine 
Sig. Use as a gargle every hour. 

R. Tannin 

Tinct. iodi. 

Acid carbolic 

Glycerine 

Aqua dest. 
Sig. Apply with brush every hour. 



y 2 drachm. 
6 ounces. 



15 grains. 
3 drops. 
y 2 drachm. 
5 drachms. 
2]/ 2 ounces. 



Toe Nail 

(Ingrowing.) 

R. Tannic acid 1 ounce. 

Water com. 6 drachms. 

F. Heat and dissolve. ' 

Sig. Apply twice daily. 

Tongue* 

(Inflammation.) 

R. Pilocarpin - - ~ J A grain. 

Sig. Inject hypodermically; active purgatives, heat to 
feet, poultice of slippery elm to tongue, and 
suppositories of veratrum virid and gelsemium per 
rectum; if mercury is the cause, chlorate of potass, 
gargle. 

(Ulcers.) 

R. Resorcin jelly 2 ounce. 

Sig. Introduce a piece frequently into the mouth, allow- 
ing it to dissolve. (See syphilis internal treatment.) 

R. Must be treated with lunar caustic or a little calomel 
dry. 



- I 9 I — 

R. Hydrogen peroxide - - 10 ounces. 

Sig. Use as a mouth wash every two hours. (See 
mouth antisyphilitic gargle.) 

Tomatoes as Food* 

(Sec Index.) 

To Render Milk More Digestible. 

(See Index.) 

Tremor. 

(Of Paralysis Agitans.) 

R. Hydrobrornate of hyoscine - 2 grains. 

Glycerine ]/ 2 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonf ul ever}- two to three hours. 

Trichinosis. 

R. Glycerine 8 ounces. 

. Sig. Take a tablespoonf ul every hour, in mild cases take 
smaller doses. 



Tuberculosis. 




R. Syrup iodid lime 


3 ounces 


Extr. of malt 


3 " 


Extr. of hops 


2 " 


Sig. Take teaspoonful four times daily. 





R. Boracsic acid y 2 ounce. 

F. Pulv. dos. 8 

Sig. Take one half powder a day and increase dose 
gradually. 



— 192 — 

R. Guaiacol - - 2 drachms. 

Tinct. Gentianae - - i ounce. 

Spirit vini rft. 8 drachms. 

Wine xerici q. s. ad - - i quart. 

Sig. Take one tablespoonful three times daily in a wine- 
glassful of water. 

R. Fellow's syrup of the hypophosphine 12 ounces 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water three times daily. 

R. Extract of eucalypthol - - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take twenty drops on sugar thrice daily. 

R. Elixir bromo-calcium comp - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water four times daily. 

R. Solution bromo calcium comp. io ounces. 

Sig. Apply externally on compress. 

R. Hydrogen peroxide c. p. % 4 ounces. 

Sig. Inject with syringe into the tubercular abcess and 
apply compress or cotton saturated with the peroxide 
on all tubercular abcesses of the skin, diluted with 
water if too strong. 

R. Hydrogen peroxide c. p. - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take from twenty drops to a teaspoonful in water 
three or four times daily. 

In all tubercular diseases hydrogen peroxide should be 
taken internally. 



Tumors. 

(Of all Classes.) 

R. Elixir bromo calcium comp. - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water three times daily. 



— 193 — 

(Externally.) 

R. Solution bromo calcium comp. 10 ounces. 

Sig. Apply with compress, keep it wet constantly, if 
•absorption fails, apply poultice; or tumor must be 
removed with the knife resp. aspirated. 

R. Tinct. of iodine painted over small tumors daily in 
connection with pressure will sometimes produce 
absorption. 
A good diet, avoid pork, salted meat, pickled fish, 
whisky and tobacco. 

Tympanitis, 



R. Naphthol 


75 grains. 


Magnes. carbon 


75 " 


Charcoal pulv. 


75 " 


Oil of peppermint - * 


10 drops. 


F. Pulv. dos. 15 




Sig. Take one powder when required. 




R. Misture asafoetid - 


1 ounce. 


Bromide of sodium 


5 grains. 


Sig. For a child from one to four months olc 


1. 


R. Oil of anisi 


y 2 drachm. 


Ether sulphuris 


2 drachms. 


Liq. ammon. anisat 


20 drops. 


Sig. Take fifteen drops four times daily. 





R. Apply turpentine stups over abdomen and inject 
warm water with a few drops of turpentine. 

Typhoid Fever, 

(To Reduce the Temperature.) 

(1) R. Tinct. aconit - - 10 drops. 

Tinct. bryonia - - 10 " 

Aqua dest. - - 4 ounces. 

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194 



(Or) 

(2) R. Antikamnia 2 drachms. 

Essence pepsini 

Spirit vins gallici - - aa. 4 ozs. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours. 

(To Check the Diafrhce.) 

R. Bismuth sub-nitr. - - 1 ounce. 

Tinct. opii. deod. 2 drachms. 

Syr. rhei. et potass. - - 2 ounces. 

Aqua cinnamom q. s. - - 4 " 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every three hours. 

(To Check the Hemorrhage.) 

R. Bxtr. of ergotae fl. ~ - % ounce. 

Sig. Take ten to twenty-five drops every four hours. 

(As an Antiseptic use:) 

R. 



Sig. 



R. 



Sig. 



R. 



Tinct. iodine ... 


1 drachm. 


Acid carbolici - 


5 grains. 


Syrup spl. . - 


3 ounces. 


Take a teaspoonful three times a 


day; for diet 


plenty of malted milk. 




(Typhoid Malarial.) 




Ol. eucalypthol et. fol. __ - 


y 2 ounce. 


Syrup spl. 


iy 2 " 


Aqua dest. 


2 ounces. 


Take one teaspoonful every hour. 




(Typhoid Pneumonia.) 




Ammon. salicylate 




Ammon. carbon. 


aa. 50 grs. 


Spirit ether nitr. 


2% drms. 


Extract cocoa fl. 




Glycerine - 


aa. 10 drms 


Liqu. ammon. acetate q. s. 


5 ounces. 



— 195 — 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful every three to four hours in 
water. 

In typhoid fever feed the patient to the extent of two 
quarts of milk a day, and give alcohol stimulants, no other 
food allowed. 

Germination, ten to fifteen days, or suddenly. 

Eruption appears seventh to fourteenth day. 

Eruption fades, uncertain. 

Typhus Fever* 

R. Exalgine 2 drachms. 

F. Capsules No. 16. 

Sig. Take one morning and evening; during the day take: 

R. Hydrogen peroxide 2 ounces. 

Aqua dest. - » - 6 " 

Sig. A teaspoonful every hour; alternate with: 

R. Tinct. of Iodine - - 1 drachm. 

Carbolic acid - - - 1 " 

Aqua dest. - - - 15 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily, beside spong- 
ing the body with warm soda water mornings and 
evenings. Diet, malted milk. 
Germination, one to twelve days. 
Eruption appears, fourth to eighth day. 
Eruption fades, uncertain. 

Ulcer* 

(Corneal.) 

R. Yellow oxide of mercury - 1 grain. 

Vaseline y 2 ounce. 

Sig. Bring a little into the eye, the size of a pin head, 
mornings and evenings. 



— 196 — 

(Cancerous.) 

R. Iodoform - 

Essence of mint 

Quinin sulph. 

Charcoal - 

Sig. To be dusted over the ulcer daily. 

(Syphilitic.) 

R. Resorcin - 

Iodol 

Lanolin 
Sig. Apply twice daily. 



^y 2 drhms. 
40 drops. 
45 grains. 
3 drachms. 



y<i ounce. 
2 drachms. 
2 ounces. 



Umbilical Cord. 

(Prolapse.) 

If the cord of the child exhibits marks of putrefaction, 
or is flaccid, without pulsation, it is useless to interfere, 
because hopeless, as regards the life of the child; but if 
pulsation is good, push up the cord beyond the brim of 
the pelvis and there retain it with one or two fingers, until 
the upper outlet is filled by the descending head, if it can 
not be done, hasten delivery any how. 

Urticaria 



R. Antipyrine 


- 


40 grains. 


Sacchar alb. 


- 


20 u 


F. Pulvis dos. 5 






Sig. Take one powder a day. 






R. Extr. Calendulae Fol. fl. 


- 


1 ounce. 


Syrup spl. 


- 


1 " 


Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times 


a day. 





— i 9 7 — 

R. Menthol — eucalypthol — soap - x / 2 pound. 

Sig. Wash the parts twice a day, rub in the foam, then 
wipe dry. 

Uric Acid Diathesis, 

R. Citrate of lithium - - 15 grains. 

Sacchar alb. - - 1% drhms. 

Citric acid - - - 3^ " 

Soda bicarbon. - - - 4^ " 

F. Pulv. dos. 16 

Sig. Take one powder in a glass of water four times daily. 

R Potass, bicarbonate - - 1 jounce. 

Citric acid - - 1 - " 

Aqua dest - - 12 ounces. 

Sig. Take one ounce in three ounces of water twice a 
day. 

R. Benzoic acid - 15 grains to 1 drachm. 

Phosphate of soda - - / 2 % drhms. 

Syrup spl. - - , 7 u 

Aqua dest. 3 ounces. 

Sig. One-fourth to be taken at a dose twice a day. 

Urine, 

(Incontinuence.) 

R. Oil mullin 24 drops. 

Alcohol 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take five to ten drops four times daily. 

,R. Tinct. apis mellifica - - 1 drachm. 

Sig. Take one drop in a little water every two hours. 

R. Rhus aromatica fl. 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take from twenty to fifty drops in water a day. 






— 198 — 

R. Antipyrine - - 60 grains. 

F. Pulvis dos. 6. 

Sig. Take one powder in water before going to bed. 

R. Rad. belladonna pulv. - - 3 grains. 

Bromide of potass. - - - 30 u 

Antipyrine - - 18 " 

F. Pulvis dos. 6. 

Sig. Take one powder with sugar and water before going 
to bed. 

(Cause Enlarged Prostate.) 

R. Ozonized dist. of hammamelis - 4 ounces. 

Papoid - - - 32 grains. 

Sig. Inject one tablespoonful before going to bed, to be 
kept over night. 

(Of Pregnant Women.) 

R. Creosote - - • - 12 drops. 

Vinegar - - - 12 " 

Aqua cinnamon - __ - 3 ounces. 

Sig. Take a tablespoonful in water every three hours 
until relieved. 

(To Sterilize Urine.) 

R. Soda biborat. 2 drachms. 

Acid borici 1 drachm. 

Syrup tolu - - - % ounce. 

Aqua dest. - - . - 6-ounces. 

Sig. Take one tablespoonful in water every four hours. 

Uterine Debility* 

R. Extract salix nigra fl. 

Wine of cocoa 

Syrup spl. - - aa. 2 ozs. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 



— 199 — 

R. Aletris cordial (Rio) - - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful three times daily. 

R. Hayden's viburnum comp. - 6 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in warm water three to four 
times daily. 



Vagina. 

(Swelling.) 

R. Bathe the parts every few hours with a hot infusion of 
witch hazel. 

(Prolaps.) 
( See Womb Prolaps Radical Treatment.) 



Vaginitis* 



R. 


Sodi sozoidol 




Lanolin 


Sig. 


Use as a salve 


R. 


Sodi sozoidil 




Talc venet 


Sig. 


Apply externally. 


R. 


Katharmon 




Acid carbol (two per cent) 




Aqua com. 


Sig. 


Inject twice daily. 



R. Cocaine suppositories No. 12. 

Sig. Insert one mornings and evenings. 

R. Menthol soap - 

Sig. Wash the parts twice a day, rub in 
wipe dry. 



2y 2 drhms. 
3 ounces. 

2y 2 drhms. 
5 ounces. 

2 ounces. 
y 2 ounce. 
2 quarts. 



y 2 pound, 
the foam, then 



Ulcers* 

R. Resorcin - - - i drachm. 

Iodol 2 drachms. 

Extr. belladonna 20 grains. 

Opii. pulv. - - 25 " 

Butter of cocoa to make 24 suppositories. 
Sig. Insert one mornings and evenings; sexual intercourse 
forbidden. 



Varicocele* 

R. Ozonized extr. sarv-palmetto fl. 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take from thirty to sixty drops in water three times 
daily Local baths of witch hazel, support with sus- 
pensory, regulate bowels, use tonics. 



Veins* 
(Inflammation.) 

R. Apply hot fomentations of ammonia, leeches, paint 
with creosote and then poultice with iodine and lime 
water. Internally take quinine; to relieve pain take 
one third of a grain of morphine every two to four 
hours; good substantial diet, open bowels, rest, cover 
with cotton or flannel. 



(Varicose.) 

R. Chloride of barium. - - 15 grains. 

Aqua dest. q. s. 

Lanoline 3 ounces. 

Oil of sweet almonds . - - 1 x / 2 drhms. 

Sig. Rub the dilated veins three times daily. 



— 201 — 

R. Extract ergot aquos - - 2 drachms 

Alcohol - - - i ounce. 

Glycerine - - - i ounce. 

Sig. Inject a hypodermic syringe full in the vicinity of 
the varix. 

R. Tinct. collinsonia 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take ten drops four times a day in water 

Apply elastic bandage or wear silk rubber stockings. 

Vertigo* 

R. Tinct. Valerian 

Sulphuric acid aromat. - aa. 2 drms. 

Sig. Take ten to twenty drops in sugar water. ; 

R. Cream of tartar - - y 2 ounce. 

Resin Guaic nat. - - 2 drachms. 

F. Pulvis dos. 8. 
Sig. Take one powder with sugar before retiring. 

R. Horsford's acid phosphate - 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in a glass of water twice daily. 

R. Phospho-carreine comp. - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful of the powder in a glass of water 
four times daily. 



Vomiting* 

R. Cerii oxalat. 24 grains. 

Ipecac - - - 12 " 

Creosote - - - 12 drops. 

Aqua calcis 1 ounce. 

Sig. Take half a teaspoonful every hour until nausea is 

controlled. 
26 



R. Cocaine hydrochl. i grain. 

Soda bicarbonate - - 6 " 

Oxalate cerii. - - 6 " 

F. Pulv. dos. 3 

Sig. Take one powder every half hour. 

R. Black coffee, rest, recumbent position, mustard plas- 
ter over stomach, no drink or food allowed for the 
next six hours. 



R. 

Sig. 

R. 

Sig. 

R. 

Sig. 

R. 

R. 

Sig. 
R. 

Sig. 

R. 
F. 
Sig. 



(In Pregnancy.) 




Cocaine hydrochlor. 


4 grains. 


Aqua dest. 


5 ounces 


Take one ounce every hour. 




Saturated solution of cocaine 


i ounce. 


Paint the cervix uteri. 





Papoid 

Aqua soda q. s. 
Take at once. 

Take plenty of malted milk. 

Cerii oxalate - 

Ipecac - 

Creosote 
To be taken every hour until nausea 

Menthol 
Spiri vini 
Aqua dest. 
Take a tablespoonful every hour 

Ingluvin 
Capsules No. 12. 

Take one capsule three times daily, 

meals. 



3 grains. 



1 gram. 

1 " 

2 drops, 
is controlled. 

15 grains. 
5 drachms. 
5 ounces. 

2 drachms, 
one hour before 



— 203 — 
(In Young Children.) 

R. Calomel - - 2 grains. 

Lime water - - i ounce. 

To this add one pint of water and give a teaspoonful 
every ten minutes 

If the child got a foreign body in his stomach feed 
potatoes in every form, also white bread dipped in milk; 
give no fluids, on -the fourth or fifth day give a laxative. 

Warts. 



R. 


Acid salicyl 2 drachms. 




Alcohol - - 2 u 




Ether sulph. - , 5 " 




Collodii. - - 10 " 


Sig. 


Paint the warts with the solution daily. 


R. 


Liquor arsenicalis - - 30 drops. 


Sig. 


Take two drops twice a day. 


R. 


Extr. thuja Occident fl. 1 ounce. 


Sig. 


Take five drops two times daily, at the same time 




apply it externally. 




Weights, 




(See Index,) 



Cure for the Whiskey Habit* 

(Number One Tonic.) 



R. Aurii et sodii chlorid 
Strychniae nitr. 
Atropiae sulph. 
Ammonii muriat. 
Aloin 



12 grains. 
1 grain. 

6 grains 
1 grain. 



- 204 — 



& 



Hydrastin - - 2 grains. 

Glycerine - - 1 ounce. 

Extr. cinchon, comp. fl. 3 ounces. 

Extr. fl. coca, erythrox 

Aqua dest. - - aa 1 ounce. 

Sig. One drachm at 7, 9, 11, a. m., at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. p. m. 

(Number 2, the Injection.) 

R. Strychniae nit. - 9 1-10 grs. 

Aqua destill. ad - 4 ounces. 

Potass, permangan. q s. to color. 
Sig. Begin with 5 gtt, which equals 1-40 grain and in- 
crease one drop each injection until the physiological 
effect is produced. Four hypodermic injections to be 
given daily, beginning at 8 a. im, then at 12 m., 4 p. 
m., and 8 p. m. 

Number 3, Used with Number 2. 

R. Aurii et sodii' chlorid. - - 2 j£ grains. 

Aqua destil. ad 1 ounce. 

Sig. Gutt. 3 every four hours, in combination with the 
strychnine solution for the first four days. 

Why Thunder Storms Affect Milk. 

(See Index*) 

White Swelling* 

R. Elixir bromo-calcium comp. - 8 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in water 'four times daily. 

(Externally.) 

R. Solution bromo calcium comp. 10 ounces. 

Sig. Apply on compress and keep it wet; rest, elevation, 
substantial diet. 



— 205 — 

Whooping Cough* 

R. Vaccination, the situation of the disease will be 
altered as soon as the febrile symptoms of the vacci- 
nation commences, afterwards treat patient with 
inhalations of a one per cent carbolic acid solution. 

R. Bromoform i ounce. 

Sig. Take two drops in water four times daily. 

R. Oil olive - - - 4 ounces. 

01. succin - - - 2 " 

01. caryophyll q. s. to scent. 
Sig. Rub in the pit of the stomach, chest and spine from 
twenty drops to a tablespoonful, internally give: 

R. Glycerine pure t 3 ounces. 

Chloroform 1 ounce. 

Sig. Ten drops to a teaspoonful every two hours, until 

the symptoms are under control, then every three days. 

R. Rad. belladonna pulv. - - 4 grains. 

Dover's powder - - 10 " 

Sulphur sbl. - - - 80 " 

Sacchar alb. - - - N 3 drachms. 

F. Pulv. dos. 20 

Sig. Take one powder from two to eight times a day, 
according to age of patient. 

R. Resorcin - - - 30 grains. 

Alcohol ethylic - - 75 drops. 

Glycerine - - - 3^ drms. 

Sig. Pencil the pharynx and larynx every three hours 

R. Acid carbolici - - 15 grains. 

Spirit vini J^ drachm. 

Tinct. Iodi. - - - 10 drops. 

Tinct. belladonna - - y 2 drachm. 

Aqua menth pip - - 3 ounces. 

Syrup papaveri - - 2}£ "-" 



206 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours, to a child over 
two years old. 



R. Benzol 

Glycerine ^ 
01. menth. pip. 
Syrup Mori 



32 mm. 
1% ounce. 
10 drops. 
V 2 ounce. 



Sig. Take a teaspoonful every two hours, for a child four 
or five years old. 

Remove child twice a week to some other place and 
fumigate the sick room by burning sulphur or hydro- 
naphthal, for diet give plenty of malted milk. 



Womb* 





(Inflammation.) 




R. 


Extr. belladonna fl. 


2 drachms. 




Aqua com. ' - 


1 quart. 




Aqua laurocerasi 


3 drachms. 


Sig. 


Inject four times daily hot. 

(Hemorrhage.) 




R. 


Ergot 


150 grains. 




Iron subcarbon. 


150 « 




Quinin sulph - 


30 




Extr. digitalis 


15 u 


F. 


Pil. No. 100. 




Sig. 


, Take two pills before each meal. 




R. 


Insert a piece of lint saturated with oil 


of turpentine 




into the uterus, so as to come in contact with the 




inner surface. 




R. 


Oil of cinnamom 


10 drops. 




Ether sulphuric 


1 drachm. 



Sig. Take ten to thirty drops every half hour. 



v — 207 — 

R. Extr. ergot aquos - - 6 drops. 

Glycerine - - - 14 u 

Aqua dest. - - 14 " 

Sig. Twenty minims to be injected hypodermically in 
the thigh or abdomen. 

(Ulcers.) 

R. Iequirity bean pulvis. - 1 ounce. 

Sig. Apply with powder-blower about one-half teaspoon- 

ful once a day, before repeating cleanse with a warm 

water injection. 

R. Resorcin - - - 1 drachm. 

Iodol - - - 2 drachms. 

Extr. belladonna - - 20 grains. 

Opii pulv. - - - 25 " 
Butter of coca to make twenty-four suppositories, insert 

one mornings and evenings, before that the womb should 
be cleansed with a warm injection of: 

R. Boroglyceride y 2 ounce. 

Rain water - - - 12 ounces. 

Wipe dry and insert suppository. 

(Polyps.) 

R. Insert gelatinized bougies of papoid daily into the 
cavity of the uterus, to those in the vagina, touching 
them with lactic or chromic acid, or make a paste of 
boroglyceride and apply daily, afterwards inject with 
a solution of boroglyceride. 

(Cancer.) 

R. Tinct; iodine - - . y 2 drachm. 

Soda salicylate - - - 2^ drhms.. 

Tar water - - y 2 pint. 

Sig. Inject six spoonsful in a pint of warm water twice 
daily. 



— 208 — 

R. Iodoform - - - 15 grains. 

Extr. oppi - - - 8 " 

Essence menthae - - 10 drops. 

Butter coca - - - 2 y 2 drhms. 

F. Supposit. No. 12. 

Sig. Insert one suppository mornings and evenings. 

(Carcinoma.) 

R. Tinct. belladonna - - 1 ounce. 

Morph. sulph. - - iyi grains, 

Hydrarg. bichlor. - 1 ounce. 

Elixir simple - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonf ul four times a day. 

R. Papoid 1 ounce. 

Iodoform - - yi drachm. 

Resorcin - - 2 drachms. 

Morph. sulph. - - 10 grains. 

F. Pulvis. 

Sig. Apply half a teaspoonful of the powder to cancer or, 
carcinoma with the powder blower through the 
speculum every day; in the mornings and evenings 
use an injection of 

R. Boroglyceride - - y 2 ounce. 

Rain water - - 12 ounces. 

F. Injection. 

Before applying the powder the vagina and womb must 
be cleansed out by a warm water injection, then wipe dry. 

(Prolapsus.) 

R. Hay den's viburnum comp. - 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful in warm water three times daily. 

R. Dioviburnia 10 ounces. 

Sig. Take a teaspoonful four times daily. 

If it is necessary to wear a pessary, the Hofmann's 
anatomical pelvic pessary is the most suitable. 



— 209 — 

R. Boroglyceride . - Y? ounce. 

Rain water - - i quart. 

Sig. Inject every morning and evening the above quan- 
tity; lay down as much as possible, keep bowels 
open, avoid straining, dancing, jumping, etc. 

The Radical Treatment of Prolaps of the Womb. 

Bladder to be evacuated, "rectum syringed, the vagina 
washed out with a quart of soap suds, the uterus or pro- 
trusion returned, then wipe dry; introduce a speculum 
with a window, paint a vertical streak with pure nitric 
acid an inch wide and two and a half inches long, paint it 
carefully about eight times, then turn the speculum half 
an inch and repeat so as to paint about seven streaks. 

Before removing speculum fill it with oiled cotton or 
lint, then withdraw the speculum, leaving the cotton in 
vagina. Administer one grain of opium every three hours 
to lock up the bowels, keep patient in bed ten days with a 
catheder in bladder, bowels to be opened with cascara- 
sagrada. 

Worms. 

R. Tinct. rhei - - \]/ 2 drhms. 

Magnes. carb. 9 grains. 

Tinct. zingib - 3 drops. 

• Aqua dest. - - 4^ drhms. 

Sig. Take above quantity in three doses inside of twenty 
four hours. 

R. Sem. cucurbit. y 2 ounce. 

Sacchar alb. - - 5 drachms. 

Lactis 2 ounces. 

Sig. Take early in the morning in broken doses, about 
noon take a dose of castor oil. 



— 2IO — 

R. Chloroform - - i drachm. 

Oil tigli - - i drop. 

Glycerine - - 10 drachms 

Sig. Take one-third at 7 a. m., another at 9 a. m. and the 
rest at 11 a. m. 

R. Tinct. of rhubarb ' - 30 drops. 

Magnesia of carbon. - - 3 grains. 

Tinct. of ginger 1 drop. 

Aqua dest. - - 4 ounces. 

Sig. Inject the mixture warm four times in twenty-four 
hours. 

R. Calomel - - 2^ grains. 

Santonin - - 2 " 
Sacch. lactis - -15 " 

Sig. Give the whole early in the morning. 

R. Wormwood - - y 2 drachm. 

Taney - - % " 

Chamomile flower - - % " 

Artem. santon - - yi " 

Aqua com. 1 quart. 

Sig. Take in broken doses in twenty-four hours; this is 
for an adult. 



Yellow Fever, 

R. Sodii bicarbonatis - - 150 grains. 

Hydrarg. chlorid. corros. - 3-10 " 

Aqua dest. - - 2 pints. 

Sig. About 1 ^ ounce to be given ice cold every hour 

beside arrow root, barley water, malted milk, 

mustard plaster to nape of neck and feet, clothes 



wrung out of hot water will relieve headache, 
general bathing as frequent as possible, turpentine 
over spleen and liver. Mornings and evenings take: 

R. Exalgine 2 drachms. 

F. Capsules No. 16. 
Sig. One capsule 



Part IL 



SYMPTOMS: 

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED 
AND INDEXED. 



— 215 — 



Acne, 

Consists of roundish little tumors, sesile or pedunculated, 
of the average size of a pin head, surmounted by a small 
opening, and filled with soft cheese substance, it most 
commonly attacks the face and trunk. 

Acholia, 

A perfect arrest of the function of the liver, so that the 
various materials from which the bile is formed accumu- 
late in the blood and cause blood and brain poisoning. 

Addison's Disease, 

Bronzing of the skin, general debility, loss of muscular 
power, weakness of pulse, dimness of vision, irritability of the 
stomach; death comes on by heart failure, and is generally 
regarded as incurable. 

Ague, or Intermittent Fever, 

The actual attack of ague comprises three distinct stages 
— a cold, a hot and a sweating stage. 

(i.) . The cold stage begins with shivering, which soon 
passes into a severe rigor. The skin is dry and pale, pulse 
rapid small irregular, headache, pains in the back and 
limbs, with loss of appetite, temperature rises rapidly, 
duration from one-half to two hours. 

(2.) The hot stage sets in gradually and from a feeling 
of pleasant warmth the heat becomes intense. The pulse 
is full frequent, patient excited, thirst and headache 
extreme, sometimes delirium; duration from one to five 
hours. 



— 216 — 

(3.) Sweating stage, profuse perspiration now sets in, 
first in the face, a general sense of comfort and the above 
symptoms subside, temperature falls, patient drops into a 
refreshing sleep, and wakes well. The period between one 
attack and the other is either 24 hours, every other day or 
every third day. 

Alcoholism, or Delirium Tremens. 

In alcoholism, the mucous membrane of the stomach 
and duodenum is greatly congested and covered all over, 
with a thick ropy mucus, the brain, lungs, kidneys are 
congested and the pericardium (cover of the heart) and 
pleura (cover of the lungs) filled with bloody serum, it 
produces inflammation of the brain, which is literally 
steeped in the poison, and withers, and whittles, down the 
organ to a miserable state of atrophy and ansemia,maniacale, 
delirium, tremor, coma and death. 

Alopecia* 

A scanty crop of soft, short, downy hair, with places of 
baldness, produced by a germ which destroys the follicle of 
the root of the hair. 

Albuminuria* 

Is a mechanical obstruction to the circulation of the kid- 
neys produced by germs of malaria tubercle, cancer, 
syphilis, diptheria, scarlatina, erysipelas, etc., also in dis- 
eases of the heart, lungs, liver, pregnancy. 

Amenorrhoea* 

(1.) Retention of menses, depends on arrested develop- 
ment, organic affections, malformation, atrophy of uterus, 
occlusion of opening of uterus, displacement or disease. 



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(2.) Suppression of menses; the flow having appeared, 
been properly established for a while but has from some 
cause, become suddenly arrested, either from violent emo- 
tion, grief, anxiety or from cold, damp, exposure. 

Anthrax. 

The bacillus anthrax is peculiar to domestic animals 
and may be communicated by close contact, food or water, 
from one species to another, its migration from animals to 
man is mostly fatal. It manifests itself as a pustule on the 
hand or arm, face and neck with a stinging sensation, 
enlarges, bursts and discharges a bloody serum, with a 
black center spot, more pustules appear, swelling of the 
part set in including the glands with chills, high fever, 
nausea, vomiting, prostration, sleeplessness, labored breath- 
ing and delirium with death from the malignant poison. 

Angina Pectoris* 

Comes on with a sudden seizure of excruciating pain in 
the heart, shooting from the breast bone to back with a 
feeling of constriction in the chest as if grasped by a vise; 
patient fears to breathe, feels a sensation as if impending 
death and gets ghastly pale; it may come on during sleep, 
produces faintness, depression of heart's action,' coldness, 
cold clammy sweat, should death take place as the result 
of an attack; it is due to paralysis of the heart. 

Anaemia. 

Great debility, pallor, blanched appearance of skin, pale 
lips and tongue, loss of appetite, constipation or diarrhoea; 
sometimes difficulty in breathing, fainting fits, pulsation of 
jugular vein, visible pulse, quick, jerking, empty, either 
brought on by loss of blood or bad nourishing. 



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Aneurism* 

A sack, pouch, swelling or tumor, pulsating with the 
action of the heart, located over an artery which, when com- 
pressed, is emptied of its contents, and when pressure is 
removed the blood rushes in with a whirring sound. 

Aphasia. 

May come on either slowly or suddenly; it is ushered in 
by loss of the power of speech which may be regained and 
recur again and again, in some cases words are recovered 
and employed and ultimately lost, again speech may make 
a temporary return under excitement and then leave, 
patient may know the use of an object, but cannot name it; 
it is a brain disease some times due to the use of hair dyes, 
face powders, tobacco, syphilis, etc. etc. 

Aphonia, 

Loss of voice from blood disease or organic, operating 
upon the vocal cords, varies in degree from a slight hoarse- 
ness to complete dumbness, brought on by loss of nerve 
power, typhoid, warts or tumors on the vocal cords, teeth- 
ing, worms, or v masturbation, the squeaky voice from 
sexual excess or gonorrhea. 

Asthma* 

Languor, lassitude, debility, headache, often digestive 
derangement, after a sleep the patient awakes with a sense 
of suffocation or constriction about the chest, smothering 
and difficulty in breathing increases until there is a most 
fearful struggle for breath, chest becomes distended to its. 
utmost limit, the contraction of the bronchi are so great 
that they offer a perfect obstruction to the entrance or exit 
of air, pulse becomes small, feeble, eyes staring, protruding 



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from sockets, countenance anxious, lips purple, temperature 
of body falls to nearly 8o° Fahr., cough, with some expec- 
toration, paroxysms ceases, and patient falls asleep. 

One attack may follow another, they may come on every 
night or at long intervals; its effects or results are thicken- 
ing of the circular muscular rings of the bronchial tubes 
causing a narrowing of the same and wheezing respiration. 

Askarids. 

They occasion intolerable itching, irritation loss of sleep 
and impairment of the general health. 

Asphyxia. 

Total suspension of breathing and heart's action, eyelids 
half closed and pupils dilated, jaws clenched, tongue 
appearing between teeth, with frothy mucus about the 
mouth and nostrils, fingers semi-contracted, with coldness 
and pallor of the surface. 

Balantis* 

Heat, redness, itching about the head gf the p ; of a 

smooth shining redness, or a muco-purulent discharge, the 
foreskin may be contracted, so that it can not be drawn 
back over the head of the organ, there may be an ulcer, 
chancre, abcess or gonorrhea. 

Barber's Itch* 

A pustular disease affecting the hairy regions of the face 
in the adult male, if the moustache is worn the surface 
within this is swollen, hot studded with crusts and perhaps 
fissured; the inflammation extends into the nostrils; the 
pustules secretes a gummy glutinous fluid. 



Bilious Fever 

Prostration, with lassitude, debility; nausea, vomiting, 
brown coated tongtje, yellow skin, pain over region of liver 
or shoulder, constipation or diarrhoea, with chills and fever, 
the white of the eyes getting yellow with dullness, stupor, 
coma, and itching of the skin. 

Blackheads* 

A disease of youth; the most frequent situations are the 
face, upper part of the back, less often on the chest, flesh 
colored or red pimples, or more decided pustules, between 
these are seen Comedones, horny at the surface and black- 
ened by dirt and dust, the skin itself looks thick and 
greasy from the oily secretions of the former, the pimples 
and pustules are scattered irregularly, there is no itching, 
though a very large pustule may be hot and tender, in 
females it is worse and the pimples most plentiful about 
the period; the disease is common in men and women, but 
is seldom seen before puberty, and never in children. 

Bladder, Irritability and Inflammation* 

Rigors and fever, heat; wiry pulse, pain over region of 
bladder, intense heat along urethra, constant desire to make 
water which comes in little dribs, mental depression, 
nausea, vomiting, a desire to stool, pain becomes unbear- 
able, urine is expelled drop by drop or there is retention, 
great prostration, urine becomes fetid, cold, clammy sweats, 
low muttering delirium, fatal exhaustion; duration from 
one to two weeks, or it may run a chronic curse. 

Bowels* Inflammation* 

Begins with pain around the umbilicus, aggravated by 
pressure, nausea, vomiting, chills and a fever, headache, 
tongue leather coated, pulse wiry, restlessness, prostration, 



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anxiety of countenance, diarrhoea with mucous, bilious or 
watery stools, or obstinate constipation, patient lays with 
knees drawn up, often delirium and vomiting becomes 
more persistent. 

Bronchitis, Acute* 

Shock, violent headache with rigors and a high grade 
of fever, pulse often 140, heat 105 up, a sense of rawness 
over the affected part, tightness of the chest, hurried respi- 
ration, with rough wheezing, incessant hacking, dry cough 
at first, afterwards raising of glary, frothy mucus, and later 
on muco-purulent matter; pulse weak, tongue coated, 
nausea, with indications of prostration and collapse. 

Bronchitis, Chronic* 

Including the above symptoms there is always an ulcer- 
ation of the bronchial mucus membrane, subsiding during 
the warm weather to appear again in the fall. 

Bronchitis in children has the same symptoms except in 
a milder form. 

Brain, Inflammation* 

Patient irritable, restless, peevish, sleepless, complains 
of heat and colds, frontal headache, aggravated by noise, 
light, heat and motion, sometimes a whole week before 
actual inflammation sets in, then the above symptoms be- 
come more intense daily, the patient is seized with violent 
rigors and a high fever, pain in head intolerable'and throb- 
bing, eyes suffused, face congested, paralysis, pupils con- 
tracted to a pin's point, speech difficult, the symptoms in 
chronic inflammatipn have a marked resemblance to 
insanity. 



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Brain, Dropsy* 

One of the effects of chronic inflammation, causes loss of 
memory, confusion of thought, derangement of mental 
powers, loss of appetite, desires, affections, passions and 
paralysis. 

Brain, Softening* 

Fixed pain at the back of the head, impairment of sight, 
tottering gait, vertigo, v convulsive agitation, dullness of 
hearing, aphonia, eccentric conduct. 

Brights' Disease* 

Chilliness, rigors, fever with headache, thirst, vomiting, 
pain over kidneys, frequent micturation, urin scanty, of a 
dark smoky color, containing casts, albumen, blood, face 
puffy, hand swells if it hangs down, dropsy and anaemia. 

Bubo* 

Swelling of the lymphatic glands in the groin, indurated 
and tender, fills up with pus and suppurates, pain, burning, 
throbbing, fever, great difficulty in walking. 

Cancer* 

Any swelling, tumor, infiltration may be termed cancer- 
ous, if it spreads, and invades the nearest lymphatic glapds, 
when there is pain in it, stinging, darting or sharp lanci- 
nating, or if ulcerated and open, smells bad, the pus or 
discharge has a grayish or greenish yellow color, is infec- 
tious and contagious. 



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Caries. 

Inflammation of bone with sinuses, through which 
matter flows, discharging gritty or sandy particles from the 
decayed bone; discharge fetid. 

Canker-Sores. 

Cells of all sizes found on the mucus membrane of the 
mouth, tonsils and on tongue, very common in children, of 
grayish-white patches. 

CholeraJnfantum. 

Vomiting, diarrhoea, irritability, prostration, feverish, 
restless, heats and colds, skin white, sleeps with eyes partly 
open, rolls head, grinds teeth, wakes up with a scream, 
stools at first greenish, becomes like chopped spinach; 
child draws up its knees and cries from the spasmodic 
pains in the bowels. 

Cholera Morbus. 

Nausea, soreness, pain in stomach, vomiting, purging, 
rapidly exhausts patient, by and by terrible cramps or 
knotting of the intestines by spasms, features become 
cadaverous, breath cold, skin cold and clammy, intermit- 
ting pulse. 

Cholera, Epidemic. 

Sleepiness, confusion of head, vomiting and diarrhoea, 
discharge like rice water, pupils contracted, spasms, cramps, 
coldness of body, blueness with rigid spasms, suppression 
of urine, collapse. 



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Chordee* 

The most common complication of a gonorrhea (clapp), 
when the patient becomes warm at night in bed, owing to 
the existing inflammation, powerful, painful erections take 
place in the organ, the organ becomes crooked or bent in 
the form of a bow and gives rise to great suffering. 

Chancres, 

Syphilitic patches or tubercles at points where skin and 
membrane meets, lips, vulva, anus, often the eyes, of 
irregular shape, flat of a dirty grayish color, spreading 
rapidly involving tongue, larynx, palate, etc. etc., also 
inner organs and bones. 

Chancreoids, or Soft Chancres* 

Are a local cantagious ulcer of the genitals never leads 
to syphilis, has no period of incubation, appears as a minute 
yellow spot surrounded by a halo of redness, the spot 
grows rapidly larger and higher until a pustule is formed, 
round or oval, the edges are sharply cut and abrupt, the 
floor of the ulcer is uneven and covered with a yellow layer 
of pus. 

Change of Life, 

In enumerating the symptoms, it is not our purpose to 
describe the changes that take place in the skin and bones, 
the verticle wrinkles, and hair on the lips, or stray hair, 
nor the change of the womb, atrophy of ovaries, and so on. 
Some women will pass over this period without any seri- 
ous consequences, while others are more or less suffering 
from nervous debility, which is an essential symptom of 
the critical period and usually begins about forty. The 
nerve prostration never slackens its pace, but persists till 



the change is accomplished. This disturbing element 
shows itself in a diminution of the flow, a torpor, headache, 
a feeling of goneness. Flushes of heat are present in 
about eighty cases out of ioo. In most cases it is a dry 
heat ; if perspiration be present it is likely cold or clammy. 
Perspiration may follow the heats, critical, often heavy, sat- 
urating body linen and bed-clothes ; leucorrhea (or whites) 
— a discharge from the vagina — beginning two or three 
years before cessation. It should not be stopped entirely, 
but left alone until it stops by itself. After period of 
change of life is over hemorrhage from the uterus, nose, 
mouth, lungs, nipples, kidneys, rectum, pubes and skin 
in blotches ; headaches are often the ruling symptoms, 
pain and its location is very variable ; sometimes a dull 
heavy pain with drowsiness, frontal, sharp, or in the tem- 
ple, or top of the head, but most frequently behind. The 
nature of the pain may be shooting, throbbing, gnawing, 
or boring, or like a nail driven in, often with nausea or 
vomiting accompanied, it is purely nervous, is a true neu- 
ralgia ; there is drowsiness or giddiness ; patient feels sea- 
sick, with hot pain at pit of stomach ; some times there is 
mental stupor, melancholia, hysterical symptoms, epilepsy, 
loss of voice and choreic spasm ; insanity, delirium, mania, 
perversion of the moral nature, quarrelsome temper, an 
impulse to deceive, kleptomania, homicidal mania, inordi- 
nate desire for sexual intercourse, apoplexy and paralysis ; 
pains in back, or loins and legs are the most common. 
There is a host of affections that attack the sexual organs ; 
swelling, ulceration, itching and inflammation, enlarge- 
ment of abdomen, the skin loses its softness, fullness and 
elasticity. 

Chlorosis (Green Sickness), 

A wax-like hue of face, yellow pallor of skin, deficient 

appetite, fetor of breath, heavy coat on tongue, skin dry, 
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constipation, weak, qnick pulse; hysteria, scanty menstrual 
discharge, leucorrhea, head and backache, palpitation. 

Cirrhosis of Liver* 

Dropsy, enlargement of the spleen, veins of the abdomen 
enlarged, piles, catarrh of the stomach and bowels, yel- 
lowish tinge to the skin, emaciation and debility. 

Conjunctivities* Inflammation of the Eye* 

Closure of lids, lashes stick together, redness and swell- 
ing, pus appears, whites of the eye looks red, intolerance 
of light, 'eyelids almost closed by swelling and infiltration; 
a feeling as if sand in the eye. 

Condilomata* 

A product from syphilis, situated on the rectum, breasts, 
pubes or between toes, they rise sharply from the surface, 
have a firey red color, look like a flattened raspberry and 
feel velvety. 

Confectioner's Disease* 

Prevalent among candy makers, inflammation of the 
tips of fingers, ulceration and destruction of the skin around 
the nails. 

Cold* 

A feeling of indisposition^ sense of cold down the back 
or general chilliness, weight in the forehead, headache and 
dryness of the throat; discharge from the nostrils of a thin 
acrid fluid, watering of the eyes, hoarseness with aching in 
all parts of the body. 



Collapse, 

Cold skin, feeble pulse, sighing respiration, half uncon- 
scious, or fainting, respiration imperceptible. 

Convulsions During Confinement* (Puerperal) 

Irregular, energetic, muscular contractions, involving 
sometimes the whole body, they vary in degree from sim- 
ple twitching to violent contortions, setting of teeth, 
foaming at the mouth, jerking of the head, turning up of 
the eyes. 

(In Children.) 

The same phenomenas are present either from teething 
or worms. 

Coma. 

Deep sleep, patient first sleepy, then drowsy, then stupid, 
slow of comprehension, difficult to wake, and finally incap- 
able of being roused at all, breathing stertorous, pupils 
dilated. 

Concussion of the Brain. 

Feebleness of pulse, pallor of skin, coldness of extremi- 
ties, dilation of pupils, collapse; patient moans, turns, 
draws his knees up, afterwhile sleep sets in, patient's eyes 
may be held open without awaking him. 

Croup. 

Fever, cough, hoarseness, drowsiness, a few hours later 
wheezing respiration, fits of hoarse coughing, alteration in 
cough, inspiration prolonged, with a piping noise, swelling 
of tonsils, breathing becomes more hurried, cough frequent, 






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great prostration, thirst, irritability, restlessness, patient's 
features expressive of alarm and distress, grabs at his 
throat, symptoms worse at evenings. 

Dandruff* » 

Peeling of the scalp of minute white scales o^ scurf in 
large quantities. 

Delirium Tremens* 

(See Alcoholism.) 

Dengue Fever* 

Prevails in tropical climates, an eruption resembling 
scarlatina, rigors and fever, rheumatic pains in limbs and 
joints, swelling of the glands of the neck and axilla, pains 
all over body, brown coated tongue. 

Debility* Nervous* 

Fear of society, fear of solitude, of place, of disease, sui- 
cide, mental depression, wakefulness, headache, impaired 
memory, deficient mental control, palpitation, neuralgic 
pains, dysentery, spinal irritations, heart failure, etc. etc. 

Diarrhoea* 

(Of Children.) 

Pain in bowels after eating, loose evacuation, purging 
relieves pain, the motions are floculent, of a brown fluid 
containing sniall lumps of solid food, later on the motions 
contain mucus, child becomes feeble, cold with pallor of 
skin. 



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Dismenorrhea* 

Headache, pains in the back, and lower part of abdo- 
men, prior to period, soreness of inner and upper part of 
the thighs, bearing down with a sense of weight in the pel- 
vis, if flow comes on relief is prompt, sometimes com- 
plains of being bloated, constipation, hysterical symptoms 
or convulsions. 

Diphtheria* 

Gomes on slowly with headache, pain in back, calves* of 
the legs, rigor, fever of a continued type, tongue coated 
brown, dark at root, mental condition dull, stupid, drowsy, 
heat, pulse and respiration high, face flushed, skin hot, 
often delirious, tonsils become inflamed, swollen, inflam- 
mation spreads, swallowing becomes difficult; a soft growth 
is developed on the mucous membrane, white at first, then 
ash-colored, forming large patches resembling washed 
leather, bleeding from the nose, mouth or bronchi, apt to 
leave a weak state of voice, defective sight or hearing; du- 
ration from one to two weeks. 

Diabetes* 

Muscular debility, increased flow of urine of an apple 
odor, skin dry and harsh, obstinate constipation, gradual 
failure of strength, loss of sexual power, pain in loins, 
coldness of extremities, burning in hands and feet, body 
shrinks, swelling of feet, breath a sweetish odor, gums 
spongy, sense of sinking at pit of stomach, appetite for 
food veracious, thirst extreme, strong tendency for cataract; 
may last for years. 

Dyspepsia. 

Loss of appetite, pain, weight, fullness about the stomach 
after eating, acidity, eructations, tightness, heartburn, 



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cramps, giddiness with headache, like a band round the 
head, tongue coated white, with transverse fissures, fetid 
breath, palpitation of the heart, brain often affected. 

Dysentery* 

Rigors, headache, fever, brown tongue, sallow skin, 
nausea, frequent evacuations of the bowels, pain and grip- 
ing of a bearing down ^character, desire to go to stool, the 
scanty stool give great distress, griping and straining, 
motions dark colored, mixed with blood, desire for urina- 
tion constant. 



Earache of Infants* 

(See Infantile Diseases.) 

Eczema, or Moist Tetter* 

# 

May occur at any age common in young children; of 
local or constitutional origin, surface of the skin is red and 
inflamed, with scanty discharge, forming of 'scabs, itching 
and burning sensation. s 

Epilepsy* 

If the fits are about to appear there are warnings, with 
nervous sensations, illusions, hallucinations, headache, 
giddiness, twitching, confusion of thought, then fit com- 
mences, with a shriek or scream, patient falls to the 
ground, convulsions, distortion of face, grinding of teeth, 
foaming at the mouth, eyes partly open, vomiting, breath- 
ing laborous, a deep sigh and the fit passes off. Patient 
falls asleep and on awakening does not know what has 
happened. 



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Erysipelas* 

Pain in the head, back, calves of the legs, tongue coated 
with a brown coat, constipation, rigors and a high grade of 
fever, a chill and an inflammatory blush upon some part of 
the body. 

Erythema* 

Is something like a mild attack of erysipelas, but is not 
attended with inflammation of the skin, nor with any pain 
or fever. 

Gangrene* 

A small livid spot makes its appearance on a stump, or 
wound, increases rapidly in size and converts the whole 
into a black and swollen gangrenous mass, constitutional 
symptoms of a typhoid nature. 

Gall-Stones* 

Pain, paroxysmal over the region of the gall-duct 
(right side of chest over liver) with vomiting, biliary coated 
tongue, w T hites of the eyes look yellow, constipation. 

Gastric Fever* 

Peculiar to children, prostration, debility, vomiting, 
rigors and fever, pain over the region of stomach, acid 
breath, white coated tongue, duration about two weeks. 

Gleet* 

Is a sequel of clapp or gonorrhea, great debility of the 
mucous membrane of the urethre, with a glairy, weaken- 
ing discharge, like the white of an egg. or it may be milky 
or watery, without any symptoms of inflammation. 



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Gonorrhea, or Clapp. 

A tickling, burning or smarting sensation in the sexual 
organ either male or female, they may be partly swollen 
and a few drops of yellow pus appear between the lips of 
the meatus, pain and smarting in making water, discharge 
increases, becomes thicker, yellowish or greenish often 
streaked with blood, organ becomes swollen, reddened, 
puffed up, foreskin may become affected, infiltrated, swol- 
len so that it can not slide over the head of the penis, or 
visa versa; desire to urinate increases, urine passes under 
great pain only by drops, pain 'in the back, groins, fever, 
aching in the testicles. 

Gout, 

Pain in the great toe, heel, instep or wrist, rigors fol- 
lowed by fever and restlessness, tenderness and swelling of 
the affected parts, later on inflammation and exrudation 
takes place in the affected joints with deformity, stiffness 
and constant pains. 

Hay Fever* 

. Sneezing, nasal obstruction, fever, watery discharge from 
both eyes and nose, with a smarting sensation, irritation of 
the throat, soreness of the chest, cough and asthmatic 
symptoms. 

Home-Sickness, (Nostalgia) 

Solitude, grief and despondency, loss of appetite, con- 
stant pain in the stomach, difficulty of breathing, paleness 
of the face, whiteness of the tongue, whiteness of the lips, 
inactivity, general debility. 

Hydrocele, 

Scrotum distended with serum, which forms a smooth, 
pear shaped, elastic and transparent swelling. 



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Hydrocephalus* 

Wasting of the body of the child in spite of the best 
nutrition and food, skin very white, face small, with a large 
globular, sack-like cranium and overhanging forehead, 
head drops helplessly to one side, intelligence very feeble, 
muscular weakness, perhaps squinting and blindness, epi- 
leptic convulsions, grinding of teeth, screams on awaking. 

Hydrophobia* 

Great nervousness, mental condition of profound despair, 
bite becomes painful, sharp lancing pain along the nerve, 
spasms come on very light at first, they become more vio- 
lent, increase in length, feature purple, eyes protrude from 
their sockets, roby saliva is secreted, hawking and spitting, 
spasmotic action of the entire body, the patient is wild and 
delirious, every movement of some object or the sight of 
water will produce new spasms, a real dread of fluids, great 
delirum, violent spasms, exhaustion, death. 

Hysteria* 

The hysterical fit is a convulsive paroxysm of gradual 
onset, with sobbing, laughing or other emotional displays, 
often associated with a feeling of a ball in the throat, till, 
with a scream patient may fall to the ground insensible, 
the eyelids are closed and tremulous, patient does not bite 
her tongue, no foaming at the mouth, never comes on dur- 
ing sleep. 

Impotency* 

Is a morbid condition in either sex, an inability to con- 
summate the sexual act, there is either an absence of 
sexual desire, or power of erection or pleasures during the ~" 
act of copulation or emissions of semen, absence of sexual 
power may exist in individuals of apparent good health, 



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who may never have the least inclination for sexual con- 
gress, there are a long array of circumstances influencing 
the act of copulation, depressing emotions, perverted de- 
sires, violent passions, blighted affections, besides worry, 
care, struggle, sorrow, mental preoccupation, masturbation, 
the wearing of preventatives, leucorrhea in women, prosti- 
tution, it may be imaginary, or there may be a brain 
disease at the bottom of the trouble, still there is a large 
class of men who have this thing over-done and are now 
in a state of sexual debility which grows worse until 
indulgence is forever gone leaving as its legacy nocturnal 
leakage or imbecility. 

Intestines Obstructions, 

Constant and even pains over abdomen, severe and per- 
sistently of a colicky character, vomiting, desire to stool, 
sometimes diarrhoea, passage of blood, bleeding from the 
bowels almost invariably present, distention of abdomen, 
signs of collapse, cold extremities, feeble pulse and sighing 
respiration. 

Influenza, 

Febrile disturbance affection of nose and air-passages, a 
feeling of coldness down the spine, with a hot dry skin, 
quick pulse, thirst and severe headache, sneezing, watery 
acrid discharge from the nose, troublesome cough from the 
catarrhal affection of the bronchial tubes, aching pains in 
the muscular and. neuralgic pains in the extremities. 

Itch. 

A pustular eruption with an itching sensation, aggra- 
vated by warmth and the use of stimulants, scaley, on any 
part of body, except the head, contagious. 



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Jaundice, 

Yellowness of the skin and white of the eye, nausea, 
loathing of food, tongue coated brown, constipation, stools 
pale or clay or w T hite colored, urine scanty and of a saffron 
color, drowsiness, bitter taste in mouth, slow pulse, itching 
in the skin, patient sees everything yellow, delirium, ex- 
treme weakness, and sometimes bleeding at the nose, gums, 
stomach or bowels. 

Kidney, (Inflammation*) 

Great constitutional disturbance, headache, pain in the 
back and legs, rigors, fever, nausea, vomiting, hard fre- 
quent pulse, constipation and a dragging pain over kinde} 7 s, 
increased by pressure and movements, extending down to 
the bladder, groin, testicles, numbness of the thighs, tym- 
panitis, a desire to avoid water when there is none in the 
bladder, or passed in drops, urine contains blood or pus if 
urine is suppressed there will be uraemia (blood poisoning) 
coma or convulsions. 

Kidney, (Colic*) 

From the presence of stone in the kidneys gives rise to 
uneasiness, a dull aching pain in the loins and groin, itch- 
ing of orifice of urethra, urine contains blood and casts, 
the passage of a stone gives rise to venal neuralgia, with 
intense pain in the kidneys, constant desire to make water 
but the moment stone passes into the bladder all is well. 

Larynx, (Inflammation*) 

Violent rigor, fever of a high grade, fauces red and 
swollen, difficulty in swallowing, hoarseness and complete 
loss of voice, threatened suffocation, long inspiration, 
peculiar wheezing sound, harsh brassy cough, liquids more 
difficult to get clown than solids, face purple, eyes protrud- 



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ing, pulse frequent, great distress, chest heaves violently, 
patient grasps at his throat, gasps for breath, gets out of 
bed, * will thrust his head out of the window, he even 
becomes delirious or comatos and dies. 

Leucorrhea* 

A compound symptom of all diseases of vagina, womb 
and ovaries, and present in debility of the vaginal walls, in 
inflammation of the womb, catarrh or ulceration, in all 
forms of displacement, in all forms of ovarian irritation and 
so on. 

Lead, (Colic*) 

Irritation and spasms of the muscular cast of the bowels, 
grinding and twitching pains around umbilicus, retraction 
of abdominal muscles to the spine and pain in the back, 
vomiting, constipation, metallic aspect of countenance, 
blue line around edges of the gums with general debility. 

Liver, (Inflammation.) 

Mental depression, loss of appetite, tongue coated heavy 
brown, skin yellow, bowels irregular, sense of weight over 
liver, congestion of liver, headache, pain in the back, 
calves of legs, rigors with high fever, pain over region of 
liver, cough, deep inspiration, inability to lie on left side, 
hiccough, vomiting, pain in shoulder and collarbone, 
patient either gets well or there will be an abscess with 
infiltration and long suffering. 

Lupus* 

As the face is generally attacked there may be seen a 
bunch of minute fine yellowish brown translucent (apple 
jelly) modules in the substance of the skin, these modules 



getting larger, spreading rapidly until the whole face some- 
times is covered with vesicles, the whole face may get 
distorted and the bones attacked also, may run for years, 
affect every part of the body and kills ultimately. 

Lumbago* 

* 
Pain like muscular rheumatismus below the kidneys, 

inability to walk, difficulty in sitting down or getting up. 

Malarial Fever. 

May come on suddenly or it may come on gradually 
with a feeling of indisposition which in a few days culmi- 
nates in a regular paroxysm, an ague fit is composed of 
three stages, the cold, hot and sweating; the cold stage is 
ushered in with a chill, headache, pain in the back and 
limbs, the skin is shriveled assuming the appearance of a 
plucked goose, the teeth chatter, the nails turn blue and 
the whole body is shaken, duration of this stage from a 
few minutes to several hours, when the hot or febrile state 
comes on, with flushes of heat, high temperature, parched 
mouth, great thirst, painful sense of fulness of the head, 
irritability, delirium, may last a few hours when a general 
s^veat breaks out relieving patient of all the above symp- 
toms until another paroxysm takes place. 

Menstruation* 

Or menses, period, catamenia, monthly sickness, when 
not performed, at all it is called amenorrhea, when the 
function is performed with difficulty or pain it is called 
dismenorrhea and when the discharge is very profuse the 
individual is suffering from menorrhage. (See Index.) 

The appearance of menstruation is generally accom- 
panied by more or less pain in the back, headache, patient 
loses color and has a dark ring round the eyes; from thir- 
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menstriiatiou commences, but may come on earlier or later, 
an interval of four weeks elapses between each period, the 
blood does not clotting, the period is always suspended during 
pregnancy and is the chief symptom from which a woman 
dates the expected time for her confinement. 

The period of life when menstration ends (change of 
life) is known as the climateric period and is often accom- 
panied by more or less distress. (See change of life.) 

Meningitis, or Spotted Fever* 

Attacks persons of all ages, with a broken down consti- 
tution, it comes on slowly with rigor and a fever which 
lasts from five to seven days, prostration and coma extreme, 
head and heels thrown back, purple spots on the body, 
sometimes absent, skin pallor, .flush on cheeks, often con- 
vulsions. 

Measles, or Rubeola* 

After a period varying from ten to fourteen days there 
is pain in the head, back, calves of the legs, shivering, 
fever and catarrh, the eyes watering, mucous membrane of 
the mouth becomes much affected, eyelids swollen, sneez- 
ing, nose running water, dry cough, hoarseness, great heat 
of skin, tongue white coated, rapid pulse, tendency to 
delirium, the eruption comes on the fourth day of fever, 
first on the face, then the body, fading on seventh day, it 
consists of patches, rough, irregular, elevated above sound 
skin, fever does not abate on the appearance of the erup- 
tion, there is no peeling of the cuticle, so characteristic in 
scarlatina. 

Miscarriage* 

One or more chills of varying degrees of intensity, a dis- 
appearance of the morning sickness, sinking of the breasts, 



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hemorrhage, bearing down pains, flockes of the decidua 
(covering of the egg)^ the expulsion of the foetus before 
the seventh month is called abortion, after that miscarriage 
up to the ninth month; missed abortion is not a threatened 
abortion, the latter is very common at four and a half 
months, when a woman has threatened abortion she suf- 
fers pain, has a bloody discharge and mouth of womb is 
open, an abortion may be threatened and averted, and 
pregnancy go on in a ■ healthy way, there might be an 
abortion in the case of twins, one aborted and the other go 
on to development, if the foetus alone, or the entire ovum 
(egg) alone, comes away, the woman has miscarried or 
aborted, it may not be complete, but imperfect, the ovum 
may come away alone, without the membrane, or the after- 
birth, or only a portion come away, this is always danger- 
ous, as it is liable to give rise to hemorrhage or blood 
poisoning, when a woman has a missed miscarriage, or 
abortion from a fright or blows, the foetus dies, the symp- 
toms of pregnancy are arrested, bloody oozing from womb, 
the waters will dry up or get absorbed, the contents of the 
womb shrivel up and become mumified. The womb 
diminishes in size, but its contents remain to the full time, 
when they are expelled, unexpectedly, while standing or 
riding, and the mass shriveled up in a bundle, usually 
fresh, of a brown color with the foetus in the center, is 
expelled. 

Migraine, or Sick Headache, 

The attack begins suddenly with pain which is usually 
fixed to one spot such as the temple, or one eye or the 
whole side of the head, pain dull, sickening and throbbing, 
sometimes extremely sharp and violent, tenderness of the 
scalp, heat about the head, aggravated by lying down, 
patient is pale, chilly, feels ill, vomiting sets in followed by 
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Milk Fever. 

Patient seized suddenly with severe rigors, her teeth 
chatter, a sensation of cold water running down her spine, 
the breasts are swollen and sensitive, chill gives way to a 
hot stage, which may last to twelve hours, headache, pain 
in the limbs, dry tongue, sometimes delirium, breast be- 
come hard and knotty and very painful, then comes the 
sweating stage, when patient feels relieved milk flows 
freely, breasts become soft and temperature falls. 

Morphinism. 

Exaltation, face either suffused or cyanosed (blue) pupils 
contracted, skin dry and warm, breathing slow, deep, be- 
coming stertorous, patient apparently unconscious, but 
may be aroused by shaking, or shouting in his ear, he may 
now recover or a third stage that of prostration comes on, 
the coma is now profound, and it may be impossible to 
arouse the patient, pupils contracted to the size of a pin 
head, patient lies in a death like sleep, he may recover or 
death set in from failure of respiration. 

Mumps. 

Fever, debility, pain in the head, back and limbs, inflam- 
mation with pain and swelling over one or both parotids, 
stiffness of jaw, some soreness in swelling, reaches its 
height in four days and then declines, lasting about a 
week in all. 

Nasal Catarrh. 

The chief characteristic of nasal catarrh, one of the most 
loathsome, contagious and infectious germ diseases, are 
languor, lassitude, debility, pain in the limbs, headache 
with a sense of tightness across the forehead, excessive 
purulent dischange from the nostrils, or trickling down 



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the throat (which creates hawking) or the discharge may 
dry up and becomes impacted in the nostrils, if inflamma- 
tion spreads upwards it will cause deafness, if downwards 
hoarseness, if still further down symptoms of bronchitis 
with constant hawking, cough and spitting. 

Neuralgia. 

Violent paroxysmal pain either in the trunk or branch 
of a nerve, of a shooting character, intercostal that is along 
the nerve between the ribs; of the heart, (see under Angina 
pectoris;) if it affects the nerve of a muscle, it causes con- 
traction, which gathers the muscles into a knot, pain is 
agonizing, the cramp, contraction or spasm may last a few 
hours, and may affect the same nerve over and over again. 

Nettle Rash, Urticaria, or Rising Hives, 

A rash appears with a sudden burst all over the body in 
the shape of irregular wheels accompanied by sensation of 
stinging, itching, burning like those produced by the 
stinging of a nettle, or the wheels may take the form of 
streaks, ovals or irregular shaped patches, liable to disap- 
pear almost suddenly, leaving no trace behind, scratching 
aggravates the itching and brings out fresh wheals, urti- 
caria may take the form of simple roundish, red patches, 
or it may be white, or a buff copper color, the disease is of 
a nervous origin. 

Nightmare* 

Patient in sleep feels an oppression, a weight about the 
stomach and breast, he groans, is in great distress, dreads 
suffocation, he fancies himself in danger and tries to escape 
but cannot move, he imagines himself to fall or drown or 
eaten by wild beasts, it is caused by indigestion. 



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Opium and Tobacco Habit 

The opium or morphine habit is generally created by the 
physician prescribing opium or morphine for the relief of 
V pain, but ladies have found out that it gives brilliancy to 
the eyes, its use at first is not incompatible with great 
intellectual efforts and thought, but by and by, when it 
makes its dreadful ravages into the brain, muscle and 
gland it is the most persistent and destructive of all 
habits, it over-stimulates and thus exhausts 
giving rise to the most feeble form of languor and despair, 
it atrophies the brain, so that the victim is dull and stupid, 
it causes sterilty, drying up of the very foundation of life 
and causing a human wreck fearful to behold. 

The tobacco habit is one of great importance to our peo- 
ple, to whom from mere babies to a short old age it is of 
very general use, it relaxes and enfeebles the muscular 
system, like the heart and stomach, it exhausts the base of 
the brain, gives rise to hoarseness or paralysis of the faculty 
of speech, take alcohol and tobacco in their joint action, 
they dwarf and atrophy the brain, cause tubercle in the 
. user and his offsprings; they fret, whittle down overstimu- 
lated victims, and under these two habits it is difficult 
to say what new forms of degradation and disease may not 
be produced. 

Ovaries, (Inflammation*) 

Shock with pain over the region of the ovary, generally 
on the left side, aggravated by pressure or movement with 
aching or numbness or pain in the inside of the thighs with 
^ rigors and a fever, tongue coated, pulse wiry, 
vomiting, restlessness, urine scanty, scalding, 
patient lies on back with knees drawn up, bearing down 
pains like labor pains, bladder irritable, passage from bow- 
els give great distress, ovary can be detected swollen, 



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puffed up, inflammation may subside or suppuration set in 
and the abcess will break and pus discharged through the 
vagina or rectum, or in unfavorable cases into the perito- 
neal cavity giving rise to peritonitis and death, when 
openings form tne case becomes very tedious, opening and 
closing again and again; ovarian cysts from dropsy become 
enormously enlarged, so as to fill up the entire abdominal 
cavity and the diagnose is a very difficult one. 

Paralysis* 

Partial or complete loss of sensibility, or of motion, or 
of both in any part of the body. 

Paraplegia* 

Paralysis of the lower half of the body comes on slowly 
with great weakness, numbness and tingling of the feet 
and legs. These symptoms increase until there is a total 
loss of sensibility and motion in lower extremities, paraly- 
sis of the bladder and sphincter muscles of the rectum. 

Hemiplegia* 

Paralysis of one half of» the body extending from the 
crown of the head clear down through the median line, 
involving one side, leg and arm, half of the face, tongue. 
It is spoken of as a paralytic stroke, circulation imperfect, 
tongue protruding, point turned toward the affected side, 
cheek drops loosely, mouth is drawn to one side, the arm 
is always more paralyzed than the leg and recovers more 
slowly, limbs are soft and flabby, mental faculties are more 
ot less damaged. The paralytic stroke has his origin in 
the base of the brain on the side opposite from the one 
paralyzed, a tendency to shed tears ; where muscles waste 
case is hopeless ; where the leg regains power first case is 
very hopeful, whereas, if the arm before the leg, always 
unfavorable. 



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Peritonitis* 

Violent chills, severe sharp lancinating pains over the 
entire abdomen, high fever, quick pulse, abdomen swells, 
becomes tender, even sensitive to the pressure of bed 
clothes, patient lies on back with knees bent, legs drawn 
up, abdomen becomes more enlarged, tense and hot, tym- 
panitic motionless in respiration, features become sharp, 
tongue sharp pointed, dry nausea, vomiting, constipation, 
skin dry and burning, respiration hurried, hiccough; dura- 
tion of disease about one week. If perforation takes place 
patient cannot live over forty-eight hours. If the case 
runs into a chronic curse, the treatment is the same. 

Periostitis* 

If there is an inflammation of the fibrous tissue of a 
bone it will be easily recognized by the lancinating pain, 
heat, redness of the skin and history of the case. 

Pericarditis* 

In inflammation of the bag in which the heart lays there 
is a high fever, sharp pains in the pericardium (cover of 
the heart) pain in the head, fyack, calves .of legs, rigors, 
coated tongue, pain runs through the shoulder and upwards 
to the left collar bone, down the left arm, the action of the 
heart becomes violent, irregular, difficulty of breathing, 
inability to lie on left side, great giddiness, noises in the 
ear, bleeding from nose, extreme debility > cough, fainting, 
fits, spasms or convulsions. 

Phthisis* Consumption* or Tuberculosis* 

Acute phthisis pulmonalis commences suddenly, with 
slight rigors, fever, rapid pulse, difficulty of breathing, 
cough, bleeding from the lungs, hoarseness, loss of voice, 
profuse sweating, diarrhoea, rapid emaciation, tubercle 
being only effused on the bronchial mucous membrane 



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called laryngeal consumption; the other form of consump- 
tion is the most common where the germ tubercle affects 
the upper lobe of the left lung, spreading downwards; the 
germs of tubercle may be deposited in the nerve centres, 
coat of stomach and bowels, or in the mesenterio glands, 
vvith languor, lassitude, debility, with increased heat, 
pulse to one hundred, emaciation, protuberant eye- 
balls, clubbed nails, loss of hair, cough at first 
dry, later expectorations, difficulty of breathing, 
spitting of blood, night sweats, red flush on cheeks, burn- 
ing sensation in hands and feet, loss of appetite, weakness 
of voice, hoarseness or loss of voice, often diarrhoea, a dull 
aching pain in shoulder blades, in women menses generally 
suppressed, as the case progresses all the above symptoms 
become worse and daily more marked, tenderness and 
oedema of extremities, mental faculties usually remain 
clear until death. 

The germs of tubercle may have lain quiet for many 
years in the blood, ready to spring into activity the mo- 
ment conditions favorable for its growth should take place; 
there must exist in all cases a local weakness, which forms 
a germ bed, every human being must have either inhaled 
the microbe tubercle from his fellow man or swallowed it 
in milk or other food, and the reason we are not all affected 
is simply the fact that our vital force is good, we are not 
lacking resisting power, persons who lose flesh or lose tone 
should not prognosticate an hour, should not wait for night 
sweats and cough to appear, or until lung consolidation 
takes place, the tubercular diathesis must exist in the indi- 
vidual, either inherited or acquired. 

Phinosis. 

In children and adults, there is the long contracted 
foreskin, which gives rise . to obstruction in urinating, 
resembling stricture or stone in the bladder, in some cases 






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an inability to urinate, in adults the swelling, elongation 
and contraction are generally due to masturbation, gonor- 
rhea, chancres, and causes often great swelling, so that the 
foreskin can not be drawn back over the head of the organ; 
in paraphimosis the foreskin can not be drawn forward 
over the head of the same. 

Pleurisy* 

The pleura is the covering of the lung and inner surface 
of the thorax, and if inflammation sets in there, will be 
pain in head, back and calves of leg, chilliness, rigor and 
a fever, with hot dry skin, checks flushed, quick pulse, 
increased frequency of respiration, accute lancinating pain 
in the side, called a stitch or catch, below the nipple, the 
stitch or pain is aggravated by expansion of the lung in 
inspiration, coughing, or moving, or lying on affected side, 
and by pressure, a harsh dry cough, with frothy expecto- 
ration, scanty and high colored urine, duration of an attack 
should be only a few days, but effusion of serum may take 
place to the amount of several pints, when excessive it 
compresses the lung, suspends its function, displaces the 
heart, distends the chest and is then called hydrothorax; 
patient not able to lie down comfortable; acute pleurisy 
may also run into chronic pleurisy and must be treated 
accordingly. 

Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Lung, or Lung 
Fever, or Winter Fever* 

Pneumonia has three stages, and runs in the following 
symptoms: Great nervous prostration, with pain in the 
head, back, calves of legs, with cough, shortness of breath, 
rusty sputum, or streaks of blood, restlessness, violent 
rigor, high fever, flush on cheeks, nostrils dilated, tongue 
brown coated, nausea, great thirst, loss of appetite, cough 
becomes worse, pain in the affected lung, distressed breath- 



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ing, sometimes delirum; later on all the above symptoms 
aggravated with blueness of the skin, coma or delirium, 
bronchial breathing, lung solidly caked up, and last about 
a week, if patient does not die then we have a complete 
change of symptoms in this last stage, fever abates, heat, 
pulse and respiration very low, profuse sweats, and it 'looks 
as if amelioration was taking place, but there is the grave 
process of suppuration of the lung, thick, ropy, tenacious 
pus is expectorated, incessant cough, air enters the sub- 
stance of the lung again and a healthy murmur is restored, 
often cases take on a typhoid condition, the tongue will 
become of buff leather color, parchy, or red like raw beef, 
with elevation of papilse, diarrhoea, sordes on the gum, 
eyes sunken, nostrils pinched, face white, gurgling in right 
iliac (above the groin) by pressure a tympanitic state of 
the abdomen; for chronic pneumonia the same treatment 
as for acute attacks. 

Poisoning, Internally* 

(Either by Metallic, Vegetable or Animal Poisoning.) 

Complains of burning pain, a sense of constriction of the 
mouth, throat and gullet, pain over stomach, increased by 
pressure, nausea vomiting, great thirst, distension of the 
whole abdomen, purging, if not relieved all symptoms in- 
crease in severity, inflammatory fever sets in, or collapse, 
pulse rapid, small, skin bathed in perspiration, now warm, 
now cold and clammy, patient may never rally, or he may 
die in convulsions. • 

Powder Stains* 

A bluish discoloration of the skin, face or hands and 
arms, from the explosion of shooting powder. 



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Pruritus, 

An indescribable itching affecting the whole or a portion 
of the body, generally local, an obstinate malady in women 
pruritus of the vulva depends on uterine disease, pruritus 
ani (rectum) of middle aged people on microbe evolution; 
pruritus senile (of old people) not curable. 

Psoriasis* 

Dry scales of the skin, slightly raised, red patches cov- 
ered by white, shining opaque scales, which often come off 
in great numbers, so that patient on waking in the , morn- 
ing finds his bed full of little branny orticles, when the 
scales are rubbed off, a dry and red surface is left. 

Purpura, 

(Spotted Fever.) 
Lassitude, faintness, great prostration, pains in the limbs, 
small blood spots on the body in the acute stage, in a 
chronic case the patches are quite large. 

Puerperal Fever, or Childbed Fever* 

Which is contagious and infection is ushered in with 
rigors and fever, a full, hard, rapid pulse, occasional vom- 
iting, great debility, suppression of the secretion of milk, 
pain and tenderness of the abdomen about the umbilicus, 
increased by pressure, some patients complain of great 
pain, great tenderness with great constitutional disturb- 
ance; these coming on a few days after delivery in some 
high fever, in others a peritoneal inflammation preceding 
the fever, the acute stage continues for a few days, during 
this time the rigors are severe, the skin" hot, at some 
periods clammy, abdomen becomes tumid, and susceptible 
of great pain from the slightest pressure, the tongue is 
white, respiration short and quick, countenance anxious, 
signs of abdominal inflammation. 



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The progress of the disease is rapid, often fatal inside of 
forty-eight hours, it is a blood poisoning disease. 

Pyaemia, 

A contagious and infectious disease produced by pus, 
poisoning is marked by decided rigors, followed by a great 
rise in the temperature of the body, being out of all pro- 
portions to the phenomena of chill, this is followed by 
profuse sweats, great irritability, heart failure, with at first 
a small wiry pulse, latterly intermittent skin and eyes 
assume a yellow tinge, later on jaundice, the breath sweat, 
sickly odor, tongue % white, dry, fissured, later glazed, 
brown sordes on teeth, nausea, vomiting, great thirst, ab- 
cesses on all the internal organs, followed by dull apathy, 
delirium, labored respiration, face of a leaden color. 

Remittent Fever, 

Languor, lassitude, debility, mental depression, head- 
ache, followed by high fever, vomiting, sometimes jaun- 
dice, delirium, pulse frequent and full, tongue dry and 
furred, sense of pain over stomach, with signs of pulmon- 
ary congestion, great difficulty of breathing, a feeling of 
oppression at the chest, cough, urine high colored and 
scanty, length of remission varies from six to twelve hours, 
and from twelve to twenty-four hours, at the end of which 
time the feverish excitement increases preceded by chilli- 
ness and a rigor, remission usually occurs in the morning 
and gets worse towards evening; the disease may run on 
for some fourteen or fifteen days and end in an attack of 
sweating, or merge into typoid or spinal meningitis, the 
bilious type of intermittent and remittent requires very 
nearly the same treatment. 



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Rhinitis* 

Patients frequently complain of headache, pressure over 
the eyebrows, impaired power of hearing, with noises in 
the head, along with these there is often catarrh, difficulty 
in swallowing, dryness of the throat, with a constant desire 
to clear it, the general appearance is that of scrofula, the 
secretion of the nasal mucous membrane is scanty, dries in 
the form of crusts in the nose, -and are expelled by violent 
efforts, the crusts emit a pungent nauseating odor or putre- 
fication. 

Rheumatism, 

A microbial blood disease, in the acute form either 
vital power is greatly shattered or the aggregation of germs 
is great for we have rigors, fever, rapid full-bounding 
pulse, with local joint pain, or in some white fibrous tissue, 
symptoms are extremely variable, temperature high, pain 
very great, coma, delirium, profuse sour-smelling fetid 
sweats, urine high specific gravity, tongue heavily coated, 
breath sour smelling; the fever is of a continued type, cor- 
responds to the ratio of germ growth. The heart is 
affected in about seventy-five per cent, of all cases and the 
cause of death in nearly all cases is heart trouble, acute 
rheumatism most common among males, chronic rheuma- 
tism presents the same condition, receives different names 
from the locality of the irritation, as "neuralgia" when it 
attack the nerves, "lumbago" when the muscles of the 
loins are affected, 'Sciatica" when the sheath of the great 
sciatic nerve is involved, "pleurodynia" when the pleura 
and intercostal space (between the ribs) is implicated, in 
some cases the pains are worse at night being aggravated 
by the warmth of the bed, in others, warmth affords the 
greatest relief. 



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Rickets* 

A disease of childhood of general malnutrition with pe- 
culiar changes in the bones, the signs of the onset of 
rickets are, profuse sweating of the head, face and upper 
part of chest, increased during sleep, a strong desire to be 
cool at night and a peculiar tenderness of the body when 
moved or pressed, side by side with these signs there is gen- 
eral debility and emaciation, skin pale and flabby, bowels 
irregularly, motions are offensive- and the appetite is often 
ravenous, the cutting of the teeth is delayed and if the 
child has already begun to walk it now ceases to do so, sits 
"all in a heap," suggesting to its mother that the back is 
growing out, child is dull, languid, though peevish and 
restless; in a short time the ends of the long bones become 
enlarged, first noticed at the wrists, the head is large, out 
of all proportion to the face, t the breast is thrown forward 
pigeon breast, the general symptoms continue, the child is 
old looking, appetite lost, abdomen enlarged, ossification of 
the softened bones now proceeds, and child becomes de- 
formed. 

Rosacea* 

A rose rash resembling measles, but there is no watering 
at the eyes and nostrils neither is there cough; the skin is 
mottled, patches being of no great size and irregular shape, 
rash fades in from three to six days. 

Rotheln, or German Measles* 

No watery eyes but red, fever, chilliness, drowsiness, 
skin full, tense and raised with a papular rash, spreading 
over the whole body-, becomiug plotches of a rosy hue, 
highly contagious and infectious, seldom lasts longer than 
three days. 



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Scarlet Fever, or Scarlatina, 

A highly infectious and contagious germ disease, in 
scarlatina simplex the symptoms are a latent period of from 
four to six days with languor, lassitude, debility, pain in 
head, back, calves of legs and rigors and fever, on the 
second day the eruption appears in the form of lots of mi- 
nute dots of a bright scarlet color, which rapidly diffuses 
itself over the entire body, and terminates on the fifth day 
by leaving a scurf on the face and trunk, while on the hands 
and feet large flakes of skin (cuticle) peel off before erup- 
tion spreads over the body, the mucous membrane of the 
mouth and tonsils becomes affected, tongue covered with a 
thick white fur, through which red papillaes project, as 
the fur cleans off, tongue presents a strawberry appearance. 

In scarlatina anginosa the symptoms are more violent, 
vomiting, delirium, prostration, palate and tonsils become 
greatly swollen and covered with a dirty yellowish or gray- 
ish lymph, sometimes the neck is swollen also, sometimes 
there are cases where no eruption appears, and still the 
skin is peeling off; in malignant scarlatina it assumes a 
typhoid state, great disturbances of the brain, convulsions, 
muttering, delirium, sordes on teeth, fetid breath, cracked 
dark brown coated tongue, gangrene often sets in, and there 
will be suppuration on tonsils, nose, ears and eyes, the rash 
is purple or livid, rash generally in this condition never 
appears; a fatal termination on thir£ or fourth day; the ear 
suffers mostly in scarlatina from the ingress of the microbes 
into the eustachian tube, leaving deafness behind, also 
dropsy is a sequel to scarlatina, and it can be safely said 
that a patient with a bad case of the disease is a perfect 
pest house. 

Scabies* 

An animal parasites penetrates the epidermis, forming a 
furrow in which its eggs are laid; the male lives on the 



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surface, from the irritation set up by the parasite and by 
scratching, vestules, papules and pustules are formed 
grouped together in every variety, severe itching, worse 
at night when warm in bed; its favorite situation the 
front of the wrist, the intervals between the ringers and 
toes, the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, pudenda 
and buttocks. 

Scurvy* 

Pale face, and bloated, eyes and lips have a dirty hue, 
gums spongy, livid and bleed easy, teeth loose, breath very 
offensive, pain in legs, limbs very feeble, joints stiff, unable 
for any exertion, difficulty of breathtng, skin dry and 
harsh, oftentimes puckered, with patches or spots of brown, 
blue, black or livid blue, feet and legs become oedematous. 

Shingles* 

The first symptom of shingles (herpeszoster) is pain 
before any eruption appears, somewhere in the neighbor- 
hood of a nerve implicated, a burning sensation, or gnaw- 
ing, stabbing beneath the skin, shingles may appear on 
any part of the body but generally around the body like a 
girdle, after pains continue for a few days red pin's-head 
sized papules appear in groups, the contents of the vesicles 
assume a milky aspect, dry up inside of ten days and 
peel off. 

Smallpox* or Variola* 

Period of incubation lasts twelve days, during which 
time there is languor, lassitude,debility, pain in the head, 
in the loins, and calves of the legs, with persistent vomit- 
ing, on the ninth day a gritty feeling can be detected in 
the skin, following these a rigor and fever for three days, 
during which time pains continue, but vomiting cease, at 
the end of the third day of fever peculiar eruptions of pirn- 



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pies appear on the face, then on .the neck and wrists, sec- 
ondly on the trunk and lastly on the lower extremities, the 
pimples have first a hard, shbtty feel, then present vesicles 
on the summit, which gradually expand, on the eighth day 
of the eruption an inflammatory circle forms around the 
vesicles and their contents becomes purulent, the vesicles 
ripen into pustules on the ninth day when they break and 
form crusts or scabs, in from five to nine days more, these 
scabs fall off; sometimes a rash appears on the mucous lin- 
ing of the nose, mouth, throat, eyes and ears, marked by 
delirium and convulsion, in malignant cases death sets in 
on the fourth or sixth day. 

Snake Bites* 

Inflammation of the skin and tissues around the wound, 
intense pain in the bite wound, prostration, faintness, 
feebleness of pulse, bilious vomitings, difficulty of breath- 
ing, profuse sweating, jaundice, convulsions. 

Spasms, Inward Fits* 

Occurs usually in children under two or three }'ears of 
age, attacks come on during sleep and the next day the 
child may be seemingly well, except for a little hoarseness 
and cough, waste no time to see whether the heart has or 
has not stopped after the fit, when child appears seemingly 
dead, and give him a change of recovery by artificial respi- 
ration. (See Asphyxia.) 

Spasms of the Bladder* 

There is either suppression or dribbling of urine, when 
there is retention, with urgent desire to urinate and tenes 
nuus (desire to stool) with inability to do so, suffering is 
great, if of long duration may terminate fatally. 



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Spasms of Infants, 

Consists in a peculiar, involuntary, rapid bowing for- 
ward of the head and in some cases of the whole body, the 
bowings are repeated in quick succession, one following 
another, occurring every day, usually worse in the morn- 
ing, or when awaking from^sleep. 

Spleen, Enlarged* 

The enlarged organ mainly extends downwards and in- 
wards towards the pelvis and umbilicus and may form a 
tumor of immense size, with protrusion of the abdominal 
walls; it follows the respiratory motion of the diaphragm, 
is movable and shifts its position according to the posture 
of. the body. 

Spermatorrhea, or Seminal Emission, 

i. Nocturnal emissions, attended with an erection, 
pleasurable sensation. 

2. Emissions during the day from physical causes, di- 
minished sensation, and no erection. 

3. Spermatorrhea proper, with a continual flow of 
semen, without erection, sensation, or during urination or 
at stool. 

The first form belongs to single men, who live a moral 
life, have a sound healthy nervous system, after the age of 
puberty, suffering slightly sometimes from an ungratified 
sexual instinct; in the second class we have a clear case of 
nervous bankruptcy, combined with weakness of the gen- 
ital organs, in such cases friction of the clothes, the cross- 
ing of the legs, horse back or bicycle riding, driving on 
rough roads, reading libidious dime novels, attending 
variety theaters, looking at indecent pictures, or the bust 
of a woman excites in their mind lascivious ideas, and 
emissions, if there is an erection it is but partial, as the 
organ is flabby and flaccid. 



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In the third class there is a true condition of seminal 
incontinence, there is a leakage all the time, a passive 
loss, without the concurrence of the organism, an irritable 
weakness of the seminal vessels and dilatation, with atony 
of the ejaculatory ducts ; spermatic fluid escaping all the 
time and the spermatozoa are so feeble, so infertile, that 
they die in their escape and we have the passive loss 
of barren semen ; a result from the inflammation of the 
prostate from masturbation. Gonorrhea, bicycle riding, 
lifting heavy weights, emissions increase, erections become 
most feeble, general nervous debility, pain in the back of 
the head, dilated pupils, mental incapacity, dullness of per- 
ception, impairment of memory. Vertigo, weakness of 
vision, trembling of the limbs, palpitation of the heart, 
shortness of breath, dyspeptic symptoms, patient becomes 
progressively worse ; he broods over his lost vitality, 
which passes into hypochondriasis, epilepsy, chorea, ataxia, 
insanity or other nervous disorders. 

Styes* 

A small boil at the edge of the eyelid, with great fetor 
of the breath, brown-coated tongue, constipation, slight 
fever. 

Stomach, Ulcers, 

Pain over stomach, tenderness constantly, but more so 
after eating ; increases till stomach is emptied by vomit- 
ing ; pain sometimes extends to the back, very profuse 
vomiting of blood is a frequent symptom, bowels consti- 
pated, general nutrition suffers, with more or less dyspeptic 
ailments. 

Stomach, Cramps, 

Patient tosses or rolls about with severe pain at the pit 
of the stomach, which comes on suddenly, is of a griping 
or twisting character, and is markedly relieved by firm 



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pressure or vomiting ; prostration, clammy sweats, small 
pulse and palpitation. 

Stomatitis, or Trusru 

A common disorder of children in connection with di- 
gestive derangements,, sometimes met with in adults, the 
tongue and membrane of the mouth become covered with 
flaky white spots and patches, the mouth is hot and sore, 
the saliva dribbles away, and . in infants, diarrhoea with 
acid green stools often co-exists, causing inflammation 
around the rectum and part of the buttocks 

Sterility in Men. 

A man having no semen at all, or at the best unproduc- 
tive semen, may be due to disease of the testes, with no 
testes, or to malformations, if the parts are mutilated in 
early life, he may have an erection but is absolutely im- 
potent and sterile, when the testes are retained in the 
abdomen, they may have erections and perform the sexual 
act but they emit a fluid, thin, watery, devoid of sperma- 
tozoa, besides, the quantity, quality and composition of the 
semen, may be altered by sexual excesses, masturbation, 
exhausting diseases, inflammation of the prostate. There 
may be an entire absence of spermatozoa in the fluid, in- 
duced by grief, worry, struggle, nervous, bankruptcy, 
masturbators suffer from emissions, veneral excesses, un- 
gratified desires with no spermatozoa, or if any be present 
they are motionless; in men with sexual perversion, the 
semen is incapable of pregnating the ovum; the semen of 
men, after fifty years of age, becomes less and less charged 
with spermatozoa hence their impotence; in women sterility 
may result from mechanical obstruction, from disease of 
the womb, or from constitutional disturbances. 

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Stricture of the Urethra* 

Among the earliest symptoms is the retention of a few 
drops of urine in the canal, the bladder becomes irritable 
with efforts to urinate, there is a discharge of mucous, 
itching, heat and pain in making water, the stream of 
urine becomes forked, spiral or scattered, which grows 
worse until the water is voided drop by. drop. 

St* Vitus* Dance, Chorea* 

Nearly one half of the cases of chorea are due to defects 
in our high pressure system of education, over-schooling 
produces a nerve shock, peculiarly liable to affect the ner- 
vous system of children whose brain is underfed; this 
disease which affects more girls than boys comes on by 
nervous depression and debility, the involuntary motions 
begin by slight twitching of the muscles of the face, then 
other muscles become affected, and one or more limbs, 
features often contorted and twisted, articulation impaired, 
one half of the body more affected than the other, irregular 
action ceases during sleep; in severe cases the patient leaps, 
dances or whirls like a top, in fact they contort their 
bodies and muscles in almost every imaginable shape. 

Sun Stroke* 

Gives rise to faintness, a craving for water, heat and 
dryness of the skin, high temperature or coldness, great 
nervous depression, vertigo, pulse feeble,, later on stupor, 
patient cannot be roused, face becomes pallid, vomiting, 
coma, great difficulty of breathing, contracted pupils, in 
some cases more listlessness and stupidity, head feeling 
strange, yet in a few hours death; in other cases the 
individual has sudden fallen down insensible, made one or 
two gasps and dies in a state of syncope. 



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Syphilis* 

Whenever sexual intercourse is loose and varied few 
women among many men there takes place a change, a deg- 
radation of the living elements in the nutrition of the 
genital organs of both sexes into a diseased germ, the 
growth of the true syphilitic germ in the blood depends 
on the degree of vital force he possesses; if vital force is 
good its growth may be retarded, it will remain latent, but 
if not it will grow rapidly, the living germ can enter the 
body in many ways, as by towels, drinking vessels, breath, 
sweat, saliva, kissing, close contact, as in sleeping, through 
air, water, milk, clothing, cushions, articles handled in or- 
dinary use, from parent to child, neither primary nor 
secondary states existing; of all forms of venerial disease 
"gonorrhea" is the most common; the venerial disease con- 
sists of two distinct germs, one immature, the other a full- 
fledged microbe; the former gives rise to a gonorrhea, and 
a soft noninfecting chancre, the latter to specific suppura- 
tive inflammation on membrane and skin called a pock or 
pustules, the germ of syphilis attacks every part of the 
body, skin, membrane, bone, brain, lungs, etc.; in everyday 
life, the spread of this germ either in the urethra, vagina, 
male genital organs, is generally through a scratch, abra- 
sion, or fissure, of the skin or membrane, from the moment 
that the germ enters the body, syphilis is a contagious and 
infectious disease, whether it be latent or active; and an 
endless train of symptoms make their appearance, various 
forms of ulceration, debility, fever, nocturnal pains, head- 
ache, nose bleeding, hair drops out, nails crumble, ulcera- 
tion of tongue, decay of bones, gummy deposits of the skin; 
syphilitic eruptions over the whole body, the sexual organs 
generally and literally rotten partially away, in fact there 
is no other disease which in destruction can rank with the 
pox or syphilis. 



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Syncope, or Sinking Spell* 

Depression of the heart, temperature falls, the skin is 
pale, cold and clammy, the features are pinched and 
drawn, respiration slow, very slow, hiccough, vomiting, 
noises in the ear, dimness of sight and extreme debility, 
mental condition varies, it may be clear, or insensibility 
may be partial or complete. 

Tape Worm* 

A parasite of the human intestinal tract and produces 
languor, Jassitude, debility, a dark circle around the eyes 
and mouth, fetid breath, transverse fissures on the tongue, 
livid complexion or else pale and doughy, dilated pupils, 
vertigo, nausea, often vomiting, a feeling as if there was 
something alive in the bowels with a sense of weight, a 
biting sensation at pit of stomach, abdomen swells and 
subsides at intervals, appetite may be capricious, usually 
voracious, the presence of the parasite may by reflex irrita- 
tion give rise to convulsive tremors, spasms, epilepsy, 
small portions of the worm pass off like gourd seeds. 

Tetanus* or Lock Jaw* 

Spasmotic contraction of the muscles of the face, throat, 
trunk and extremities, angles of mouth drawn outward 
and upward, muscles of neck, back and abdomen hard, 
tense, contracted, spasms never entirely cease, except dur- 
ing sleep,aggravated every hour or so, increased cramps last- 
ing for a few minutes and then partially subsiding, patient 
sometimes rests on the back of the head and heels and 
body is in the shape of an arch, by and by the nerves be- 
come affected, frightful suffering by tetanic spasms, face 
pale or as white as snow, brows contracted, skin on fore- 
head corrugated, eyes fixed and prominent, sometimes 
suffused with tears, nostrils dilated, teeth exposed, and fea- 



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tures fixed in a grin; respiration difficult, pain in pit of 
stomach, great thirst, but agony increased by attempts to 
swallow, pulse feeble, temperature slightly raised, skin 
covered with perspiration, patient can not sleep or only a 
few minutes, intellect remains clear and unaffected. 

Throat Sore* 

A common disease of tubercular subjects, there is hoarse- 
ness, or soreness, or the ulcerations are due to the inroad 
of germs, neither pain nor much fever. 

Thirst. 

A sensation indicating a necessity on the part of the 
system for an increased supply of water, trie sensation is 
referred to the back of the throat, is not a purely local feel- 
ing as it is proved by the fact, that it can not be allayed by 
the swallowing of water, unless the fluid reaches the 
stomach to be absorbed, it is present in all fevers, 
diarrhoea, loss of blood, cholera, gastritis, diabetes, vomit- 
ing, on account of the loss of fluid from the system. 

Tonsilitis. 

Languor, lassitude, rigors and a fever of a pretty high 
grade, tonsils become sore, tender, painful, red, hot and 
swollen, pain and difficulty in swallowing, return of 
liquids through the nostrils in attempting to swallow, pain 
through the ears and deafness, throat filled with mucus 
which gives rise to hawking and spitting, tonsils often can 
be seen at the root of tongue. 

Tongue, Inflammation. 

Fever, nervous depression, pain, heat, .redness and swell- 
ing, tongue becomes very deep red color and so swollen 
that it fills and protrudes out of the mouth, comes on 



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quickly and is often attended with urgent symptoms. My 
last case of this kind has been a lady who had all her 
teeth extracted by a dentist under the "No pain" treatment, 
the dentist injected hypodermically "otontunder" and 
"eucaine," and after about three hours the patient came 
nearly dying from suffocation, her tongue did swell up so 
enormously that not a knife blade could be inserted be- 
tween teeth, resp. gums and tongue, at the same time a 
velvety like fur of a brown color covered the whole organ. 

Trichinosis* 

A few hours after eating raw pork, containing the par- 
asites there will be nausea, vomiting, lassitude, debility, 
undefined prostration, these symptoms last about one week, 
when pain, stiffness in all the joints and muscles super- 
vene, oedema of the face, chills, fever, great thirst, diar- 
rhoea, fetid perspiration, patient lies on his back like one 
paralyzed, any attempt to move the swollen muscles creates 
pains, sleep is impossible, swelling of the feet which pro- 
ceeds upwards, in about the fourth week extreme exhaus- 
tion, appetite returns, all bad systems gradually diminish 
and disappear, patient* returns to health; sickness and re- 
convalescence lasts a few months; death may occur at any 
time. 

Tuberculosis* 

As the tuberculer bacilli eat up the pabulum of the 
blood, there is always great debility, indigestion, torpid 
liver, defective secretion, paleness and whiteness of the 
skin, general feebleness, with rapidity of pulse, the de- 
bility and loss of flesh are progressive, correspond with 
germ evolution, generally there is a dryness of hair, pufri- 
ness of the face, swelling of the lips and nostrils, discharge 
from the ears, eruptions of the skin, enlargement of tonsils, 
glands of the neck and throat, fetid odors from the axilla, 



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groin, feet, nervous bankruptcy, a human being may live 
along to a good old age, his blood loaded down with tuber- 
cular bacilli, but always with a feeble vital force, more or 
less complains of ailments and sickness will accompany 
him, and his offsprings will be not much better off. 

Tympanitis. 

Distention of the abdomen by air, extreme discomfort, 
actual suffering and great distress, a feeling as if the abdo- 
men must burst, difficulty of breathing, palpitation of the 
heart, partial suppression of the urine. 

Typhoid Fever. 

Usually' a period of incubation from ten to fourteen or 
even twenty one days in which langor, lassitude, debility 
make their appearance with headache, white face, pain in 
back and calves of the legs, nausea, diarrhea and chillness, 
rigors recur from time to time with an aching all over, 
there may be vertigo, deafness, bleeding from the nose, 
loss of appetite, nervous, irritable, nostrils pinched, flush 
on cheek, tongue first white with red edges, later buff dry 
or brown; sores on gums, small wiry pulse, temperature high- 
er in the evening. These symptoms slowly become aggra- 
vated and emaciation is great. At the end of the second 
week the typhoid rash, colored spots on the chest and ab- 
domen, appears in about twelve per cent. After the middle 
of the second week tympanitis gurgling in the right iliac 
fossa, a little above the groin on the right side, on pressure 
in quick succession, diarrhea, stools like pea soup, profuse 
sweating, delirium, picking of the bedclothes, hiccough, 
noise in the ears, deafness, muscular pains, bedsores, hern- 
orhage from the bowels, perforation of the bowels with fatal 
peritonitis, congestion of kidneys or pneumonia, the latter 
is the most comon sequel of typhoid fever ; duration from 
two to three weeks, still some cases run to five and six 
weeks. It may terminate in recovery, paralysis or death 






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Typhus Fever* 

Period of incubation or shock from a few days to ten or 
twelve, during which time there is bleeding from the nose, 
or deafness with great debility, headache, pain in the back 
or limbs, then rigors, dry heated skin, flushed face, dull, 
heavy aspect, stupor, thirst, constipation, and prostration. 
About the fifth day a measly looking rash appears on ab- 
domen, chest and back but especially over the breasts, skin 
dusky, sometimes rash lasts until the end of fever, during 
the first week never any diarrhoea, tongue coated brown, 
and dry, in the second week great prostration, muscular 
twitchings, delirium, coma or convulsions, danger is 
greatly increased by an attack of bronchitis, pleurisy or 
pneumonia, after a critical sleep and sweat patient is 
on the road to convalescence, the fatal period is from the 
ninth, to the twelfth day, duration is from fourteen to 
twenty-one days. 

Vaginitis* 

Begins generally in the lower part of the vagina, with 
swelling, intense redness, and dryness of the labia, vulva 
and vagina, there is great heat and burning pain, difficulty 
in making water, pain at stool, sense of weight in pelvis, 
backache and pain down the thighs, into the hips up the 
spine and into the head; dullness alternating with heat, in 
about, two days pain, redness and swelling spread over the 
whole vaginal cavity and soon there is a profuse discharge, 
green or yellowish in color, in about twenty days swelling 
subsides, discharge becomes less, and patient is well or it 
gets chronic. 

Varicocele* 

A dilated, tortous, relaxed, knotty hard condition of the 
spermatic cord in the scrotum of the male, feels like a bag 
of worms, dilate on coughing, diminish on lying down, 



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gives rise to burning, aching in and along the cord and 
testicles, great dragging in the back with partial or total 
impotency; gives rise to seminal weakness, shattered mind, 
wasting of testes and dribbling away of the semen; in 
female bunches of distended veins can be seen around the 
urethra, large and small labia, they complain of pain pass- 
ing back into the rectum, cause straining and bearing 
down, so that piles soon appear, the womb suffers from 
congestion, the bladder is irritated extending up from the 
urethrae causing retention of urine, the pain attending the 
act of making water is often fearful. 

Veins, Inflammation* 

The moment inflammation of the coats of a vein set in 
there is pain along the course of the vein, the vessel be- 
comes thick, cordy, swollen and a streak of redness appears 
along the entire course of the affected vessel first extend- 
ing to the elbow, then up the arm, there are rigors and 
flying pains, when suppuration and abcess take place the 
coats of the vein ulcerate and break, in some cases a clot 
is carried from the vein to the heart and causes sudden 
death. 

Veins, Varicose, 

In a well marked case of "varicose veins" the inner sur- 
face of the lower limb, from foot to groin is studded with 
a number of soft, bluish swellings, varying in size and 
shape, formed by the dilated condition of the large vein, 
the skin over these blood tumors^ is very thin and distended, 
there is stiffness and aching pains in the limb, skin about 
the ankles is puffy and marked by purple patches of small 
veins, the feet are cold and the toes of a bluish color, skin 
of the limb is dry, shining, and itches, in old people and 
of long standing large ulcers form on the lower limb and 
give sometimes endless suffering, hemorrhages and a limp- 
ing gait. 

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Vertigo* 

Swimming in the head, specks or spots before the eyes, 
noises or ringing in the ears, a transitory state of giddiness, 
a whirling or falling, surrounding objects appearing to be 
in motion, headache, nausea; it is often a precursor of 
apoplex3>- and paralysis, generally a brain disease. 

Whooping Cough* 

A contagious and infectious germ disease which gives 
rise to the symptoms of a common cold or catarrh with a 
little cough at first, cough becomes more troublesome and 
a little glairy fluid is brought up from the chest, in about a 
week or ten days the child will have the characteristic 
whoop, cough comes on by spells, is more severe by night, 
before each attack comes on the child clings to its nurse 
or mother, sits in an erect position, face flushed, and often 
a few deep inspirations and hard coughing, the child raises 
a little glairy fluid or is vomiting, they are from twenty to 
thirty coughing spells in twenty-four hours, still in mild 
cases about four to six, the symptoms last about four weeks 
and then the cough abates getting less and less, in most 
cases there is some bronchitis attending this complaint, 
whooping cough can not be made out, until the whoop 
appears, complications and bleeding from the mouth and 
nose, eyes getting bloodshot, child emaciated and ulti- 
mately from mere exhaustion dies. 

Womb, Hemorrhage* 

Debility is the prime cause and symptoms, otherwise 
the hemorrhage might be brought on from violent emo- 
tions, desires, affections, passions, sorrow, worry, repeated 
abortions, sponges, rings, pessaries, excessive sexual con- 
gress, lactation, overwork, lifts, strains, inflammation, 
ulceration, warts, tumors, cancer, etc. 



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Womb, Prolaps or Falling* 

Displacement either forward, backward or straight down- 
ward, there is a whitish discharge, (the whites) pain in the 
back, sense of weight or fullness about pelvis, bearing 
down pain, irritation of bladder and rectum, vaginal walls 
dry, cracked or ulcerated, headache on top of head, inabil- 
ity to do any hard manual labor. 

Womb, Cancer* 

A gone feeling, debility, headache, backache, neck of 
womb thickened, notched, ulcerated, purulent discharge 
and fetid odor can be detected some distance from the 
patient, disorder of stomach, insomnia, constant pain in 
pelvis, general emaciation, bleeding from the womb to 
fearful hemorrhages; patient not able to be about it, dis- 
ease kills early, after operations of the womb patient will 
not live over four years. 

Womb, Inflammation* 

Should the shock come on the womb during the men- 
strual period, or during the lochial discharge (after con- 
finement) the flow is suddenly arrested, there is sharp lanci- 
nating pain in the womb followed by rigors and fever of a 
high grade, patient lies on back, knees drawn up, eyes 
look sunken, features anxious, tongue coated, pulse rising, 
great tenderness over womb, a sense of fulness and weight, 
there is throbbing above pubes, a desire to stool with 
straining, nausea and vomiting, the mouth of the womb is 
hot, congested, patulous sensitive, of a scarlet red color; 
the secretions acrid, first watery then bloody, mucous dis- 
charge, pain becomes cutting over womb increased by 
pressure of the hand or bed clothes and extends to the rec- 
tum and down the front part of the thighs. 



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Womb, Ulcers* 

Simple ulcer, or an excoriation of the lips of the neck of 
the womb is the simplest form of ulceration, with head- 
ache, leucorrhea, pain in pelvis, irritation of ovaries, bear- 
ing down, aching in thighs, irregular action of bowels, dis- 
ordered menstruation, discharge acrid. 

(Inflamed Ulcer.) 

Increases all the above symptoms, discharge becomes 
purulent, greenish, pain in the back, great headache, no 
appetite, dirty sallow hue of skin, mental depression often 
menorrhage. 

(Rodent Ulcer.) 

Or eating ulcer, spreading, as it eats away burrows and 
perforates, complaint is made of heat, pain and discomfort, 
thin watery discharge, streaked with blood, the constitu- 
tional symptoms are those of great prostration, headache, 
want of appetite, pallor, indigestion, constipation, great 
physical weakness, pain in the back, thighs, hips, burning 
pain in womb and attacks of hemorrhages, when vital 
force is very low, they may eat away the neck and body of 
the womb, it is often mistaken for cancer; if ulceration 
attacks the internal cavity it produces abortion, or slight 
continuous bleedings. 

Worms, Seat or Ascarides* 

White, thread like, very slender and only from one- 
fourth of an inch to one inch in length, produce irritation, 
and intolerable itching and pricking sensation, and often 
some swelling at the end of the rectum, congestion and 
inflammation, discharges of blood with straining down 
pains, or purulent leucorrhea. 



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Worms, Round* 

Resembles the common garden or earth worm, round 
and white like a goose quill, from six to twelve inches 
long, their seat is the small intestines, and if present there 
is pricking and rending pain about the naval, colic, with 
rumbling noise in the abdomen. 

Yellow Fever, 

Often ushered in with languor, debility, loss of appetite, 
giddiness, headache, mental depression, in another class 
there is prostration from the start, stupor, coma and con- 
vulsions, fever rises towards evening, skin hot and dry, 
eyes congested and painful, face flushed, intense pain in 
large joints and limbs, vomiting, first slimy then greenish, 
then black, constant vomiting and retching; tenderness on 
pressure over stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, thirst is intol- 
erable, great desire for cold drinks, urine of a dark red 
color; mental anxiety, sleeplessness, prostration, delirium, 
skin becomes of a dark brown hue, dark colored blood 
is effused in patches under the skin, or exudes from the 
nose, mouth, gums, ears, rectum, ,there are now all symp- 
toms of a malignant fever with stertorous breathing, invol- 
untary evacuation, difficulty of swallowing, suppressed or 
bloody urine, death takes place in convulsions, or patient 
retains his senses to the last. Duration is from three to 
nine days. 



Part IIL 



MISCELLANEOUS 

AND 

INDEX. 



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Remarks for Remembrance, 

The action of medicines is modified by sex, age, temper- 
ament and diathesis, habits of life, race, and mental im- 
pressions. 

Women as possessed of more delicate organization than 
-men, rarely require the same dose. 

Avoid aloes during pregnancy; sulphuric acid during 
lactation, and mercury in chlorosis. 

Old age and childhood do not bear doses proportionately 
to manhood and youth, except under urgent circumstances, 
an opiate should never be administered to an infant. Blis- 
ters and leeches make more decided impressions on chil- 
dren than adults, — and the former are especially apt to 
induce ulceration in the young Per contra, mercury is 
better borne in childhood (and old age) than in middle life; 
it is all but impossible to salivate a child under ten years 
of age. The following is the scale of doses employed at 
Guy's Hospital, London, one being the unit or adult dose: 



AGE. DOSE. 

1 month - - - - 1-20 

3 months - - - - 1-15 

6 months - - - - 1-10 

9 months - - - - 1-9 

1 year 1-7 

2 years 1-6 

3 years ----- 1-5 

4 years 1-4 

5 and 6 years - - - 1-3 



AGE. DOSE. 

7 and 8 years - - - 1-2 

10 and 12 years - - 2-3 

13 to 15 years - - 3-4 

18 to 20 years - - 5-6 

21 to 45 years - - 1 

50 years - - - - 5-6 

60 to 70 years - - 3-4 

80 to 90 years - - 2-3 

100 years - - . - - 1-2 



Sanguine and sanguino — nervous temperaments bear 
antiphlogistics, as well as loss of blood readily; the reverse 
is true as to stimulants. 

Denizens of cities, especially of overcrowded quarters 
and tenement houses, cannot bear doses to which those of 
rural and out-door life are accustomed. (Mark this as to 

children especially.) The same active treatment necessary 

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to relieve acute disease in the latter will probably tend to 
fatality. 

Blondes require a larger dose than brunettes. Indians, 
Negroes, Malays, Hindoos, and the dark and yellow races 
are for the most part amenable to half Anglo-Saxon doses. 

Passions and affections of the mind markedly influence 
the action of remedies, especially narcotics. Faith in the 
prescriptions, or in the prescriber may remove mountains 
of difficulties, since faith is the foundation of the mirac- 
ulous. : 

The period of the day at which remedies should be ad- 
ministered: — Narcotics, ^ emetics and diaphoretics operate 
most favorably when administered an hour or two before 
bedtime. Diuretics are best given during the day, when 
the body may be kept cool; cathartics just at bedtime, 
other cathartics whose operation is speedy, early in the 
morning. Quinine acts best on an empty stomach; arsenic 
on a full one. 

The form in which the remedy is administered may in- 
fluence its action. Where a speedy effect is desired liquid 
form is usually desirable; especially is this the case with 
quinine and morphine. 

Castor and cod liver oil are rendered palatable by taking 
it in hot milk. Quinine is now chemically made tasteless. 

Facts Concerning Children* 

A child does not cry from viciousness before the sixth 
month. 

If pulse is 140 and child ill, cause overfeeding; if 40 and 
ill, cause meningitis. 

The normal rate of respiration is, two months to two 
years, 35 per minute; two to six years, 23 per minute, six 
to twelve years, 22 per minute, twelve to fifteen years, 18 
per minute. 



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A healthy infant should sleep eighteen to twenty hours 
of the twenty-four. 

As a rule a child cannot raise its head from the pillow 
before the third month, and cannot sit erect before the fifth 
month. 

The tenth month is the usual time for walking to begin, 
but longer delay is no evidence of disease. 

The infant should be nursed at . regular intervals, and 
also supplied with water, should be weaned from tenth to 
fourteenth month, but not in early summer. 

The most intense fever, with restlessness, cries, and 
spasmodic movements, may disappear without leaving a 
trace, in less than twenty-four hours. 

A child grows most rapidly during its first year — six to 
seven inches; from fourth to sixteenth, about two inches 
annually; thence to twentieth, one inch. Commonly, a child 
at two and a half years has attained half its ultimate adult 
stature. 

The disease of youth always accelerates growth. 

First Dentition: — The central incisors appear from the 
fifth to eighth month; lateral incisors from seventh to 
ninth month; first molars from tenth to twelfth month; 
canines sixteenth to twentieth month, second molars 
twentieth to thirtieth month, and as a rule, teeth in the 
lower jaw precede corresponding teeth in. the upper. 

Second Dentition: — First molars fifth to seventh year; 
central incisors seventh to eighth year; lateral incisors, 
eighth to ninth year; first bicuspids ninth to tenth year; 
second bicuspids tenth to eleventh year; canines, eleventh 
to twelfth year; second molars twelfth to thirteenth year; 
third molars seventeenth to twenty-fifth year. 

Table for Administering Laudanum. 

At birth to i month 
Under i year - - 
i to 2 years - - 
2 to 5 years - - 



DROPS. 




DROPS. 


^toi 


5 to io years - 


- 5 to 15 


^to 3 


io to 15 years 


10 to 20 


i to 5 


At 15 years - 


■ 15 to 20 


2 to 8 


Adult - - - 


■ 25 to 30 



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Dr. B. R. Squibbs tincture of opii is to be preferred; ask 
your druggist for it. 

Respiration* 

Two months to two years, 35 per minute. 
Two to six years, 23 per minute. 
Six to twelve years, 20 per minute. 
Twelve to fifteen years, 18 per minute. 
Fifteen to twenty-one years, i'6Uo 18 per minute. 
Respiration in the adult female is usually a trifle faster 
than in the male, especially during pregnancy. 

Digestion of Articles of Diet* 



H. M. 

Apples, sweet, raw, ripe ..... 1 : 30 

Apple dumplings 3 : 00 

Barley, boiled 2 : 00 

Barley soup : I : 30 

Bass, striped, fresh 3 : co 

Bass, black 2 : 30 

Beans, string, boiled 2 : 30 

Beans, Lima, stewed 3 : 45 

Beef, broiled, fresh V3 : 00 

Beef, boiled, salt 2 : 45 

Beef, roasted, rare 3 : 00 

Beef, roasted, dry 3 : 30 

Beef, fried 4 : 00 

Beef soup with vegetables ... 4 : 00 

Beef suet, boiled 5 ".30 

Beef tendon and scragg 5 : 30 

Beets, boiled 3 ' 45 

Bread, fresh 3 '.45 

Bread, stale 3 : 00 

Bread, corn 3 : 15, 

Butter, melted 3 : 30 

Cake, sponge 2 : 30 

Cake, corn, baked 3 : 00 

Cabbage, pickled 2 : 30 

Cabbage, boiled 4 : 30 

Chicken, fricasseed. ......... 2 : 40 

Chicken, roasted. ..} 4 : 00 

Cheese 3 '.30 

Codfish, salt, boiled 2 : 00 

Custard, baked 2 : 45 

Ducks, domestic 4 : 00 



H. M. 

Ducks, wild 4 : 50 

Eggs, raw, whipped 1 . 30 

Eggs, boiled hard 3 : 30 

Eggs, boiled soft 3 : 00 

Eggs, fried 3 : 30 

Gelatine, boiled. 2 : 30 

Hashed meat and potatoes ... 2 : 30 

Milk 2 : 30 

Milk, boiled 2 : 00 

Mutton, broiled 3 : 15 

Mutton, boiled 3 : 00 

Mutton, roast 3 : 30 

Mutton, stew 3 : 15 

Mutton soup 3 : 00 

Oysters, raw 2 : 50 

Oysters, fried 3:15 

Oysters, stewed 3 , : 30 

Pork, stewed, salt 3 : 00 

Pork, roast 5 : 00 

Pork, chop, broiled 3 : 15 

Parsnips, boiled 2 : 30 

Potatoes, baked 2 : 30 

Rice, boiled 1 : 00 

Sago, boiled 1 : 45 

Succotash 3 : 45 

Salmon, salted. 4 : 00 

Tapioca, boiled 2 : 00 

Trout, fried 1 : 30 

Turkey, roasted 2 : 30 

Veal, broiled 3 : 00 

Venison, broiled 1 : 30 



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Rectal Alimentation* 

Remember that any excess of four fluid ounces will pro- 
mote disturbance. Half a teaspoonful is the usual amount 
which may be repeated not oftener than every eight hours. 

Self-Abuse, 

The solitary vice of self-pollution, spreads desolation 
through the land. It infests our public schools and in- 
vades the privacy of our families unnoticed and unknown. 
The remarks I am making are the results of personal ob- 
servation. I am convinced that parents, guardians, and 
tutors of public academies know not half the mischief that 
meshes the unfortunate children under their especial care; 
they have not the faintest conception of the fearful extent 
to which this vice is practiced. 

Self-pollution presents an array of facts that seem abso- 
lutely incredible. Hundreds are ruined by this crime be- 
fore they attain the age of thirteen. 

It has been observed by some sensative and puritanical 
writers, that nothing should be published on this subject, 
lest the mind of youth be corrupted; but this logic is feeble 
and inconclusive, for there is scarcely a youth, twelve 
years of age, who does not understand every hint respect- 
ing the practice, and every word of the language connected 
with this subject, nor is this knowledge confined to the 
vulgar and low-bred; it is more particularly attached to 
those in the higher walks of life. 

This destructive and baneful practice is first noticed in 
Genesis, the ioth verse of the 38th chapter, where it is 
mentioned that Onan committed the revolting act, which 
displeased the Lord, and he slew him. Hence this vice is 
frequently called onanism, from the name of the offender. 

The results of this insinuating and deluding sin are 
most frightful, even the consequences of the immoderate 






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drinking- of alcoholic liquors are not so frightfully appall- 
ing; and what is most deplorable, unlike other forms of 
vice which prey upon the coarse and vulgar; this is even 
more likely to attack those of sensitive feelings and ardent 
temperaments and otherwise unblemished virtues. They 
are not aware that this is one of the greatest sins they can 
commit — actually a species of self-murder ! 

The gratification of this solitary sin may be concealed 
for a time, no evil consequences are immediately seen to 
follow; and if some distant foreshadowing of the cloud of 
misery should appear, the excitement of youth is often suf- 
ficient to banish it from the mind. The practice becomes 
frequent, and at last completely rooted and confirmed. 

For a considerable time ' the insidious tempter is un- 
noticed, the miserable victim is unconscious of the slow 
but certain dissolution that is going on; the pale coun- 
tenance, the tremulous voice, the wandering, half-shut eye, 
the trembling limbs, the palpitating heart, the loss of 
memory, the horror of mind, the madness of the brain are 
all in the rear. Still the fascinating course is pursued, the 
solitary gratification is sought after and indulged. The 
privacy of the chamber, the seclusion of the closet, opens 
the avenues to this detestable vice; and even the imagina- 
tion is wooed to afford its captivating image to assist the 
reckless youth in the commission of the crime. Great 
indeed and manifold are the ravages which self-abuse 
makes on the bodily and mental powers of youth. It 
strikes the very vitality of the system, destroys the increase 
and propagation of the human race, enervates and debili- 
tates the fountains of life; it lays prostrate all the intellect- 
ual strength, and overthrows the glorious mind of man. 

Parents and guardians who are intrusted with the care 
of youth should suspiciously watch his wayward acts, and 
by detecting the evil, eradicate the root, and prevent its 
horrible consequences. Temptations beset young men on 



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every side, and it requires a vast amount of discrimination 
and watchfulness to arrest the progress of this abominable 
crime. 

Before reason has assumed her controlling sway over the 
heart and mental activity of the brain, the • tempter ap- 
pears, and, at an age when passion predominates, when 
the ideas of youth, influenced by the contaminating exam- 
ple of older and more depraved associates is induced to 
enter on the shameful course and the rubicon of virtue 
being once passed, .the deluded offender madly pursues the 
vicious course and becomes more abandoned than his juve- 
nile instructor. 

The delicacy of the mind becomes. less sensitive, anew 
source of self -gratification has been awakened; a species of 
delight has been afforded and a premature excitement en- 
gendered on the organs of generations. 

The votary of sexual pleasure is thus led on, step by 
step, from the green and flower-garlanded path of virtue, 
to the dark and tempest-rocked wilderness of vice and 
misery. 

The physical and mental results are truly dreadful, for 
such is the mystic union relation and dependence between 
body and mind, that any bad habit contracted through the 
agency of the body affects the mind in a corresponding 
degree, so that if self-pollution has unhappily gained an 
ascendancy over the intellectual powers of the soul, the 
natural energies of the body become weakened and debili- 
tated, the natural growth and corporal nourishment is 
prevented, and the functions of health are utterly de- 
stroyed. Constant study or the inveterate meditation on, 
and application of the mind to the one particular object, 
will ultimately produce monomania. The continuous 
labor of the spirit cannot be supported; hence melancholly 
and often madness is the consequence. The body is sim- 
ilarly circumstanced. The constant drain of the seminal 



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vessels of a liquor necessary to its life and vigor, involves 
the gradual and premature decay of the entire system. 
Let the votary of this practice but calmly consider that 
every time he induces this unnatural emission, he is, in 
strict truth, opening a vein of his heart, and pouring forth 
its best blood; for it is generally considered by the most 
learned of the faculty, that one ounce of this seminal fluid 
is equivalent to upwards of forty ounces of blood. 

Nature is a solemn and impressive preacher. She gives 
her admonitions in unmistakable and universal language. 
She sends the invigorating fluid, through the semi-oval 
ducts, and secretes her golden stores in the hidden vessels, 
that when manhood shall assert his right, they may be 
produced in vigor and active with all the principles of 
procreation. 

So soon as this inestimable fluid begins to be secreted, a 
change takes place in the entire animal economy. The 
voice becomes deeper in its tones, the features assume a 
more manly appearance, the chin and upper lip are covered 
with downy hair, the genitals are similarly clothed, and" 
the body becomes rounded and of firmer texture, and man 
is displayed in his majesty. So important is the perfection 
of the generative organs to the manly demeanor of our 
species, that the loss is followed by a feminine tone of 
voice, and a womanlike softness of the hair; and singers of 
Italy have become castrated, that their voices might equal 
the sweetness and upper notes of woman. The eunuchs of 
Turkey have voices exactly resembling women. Who 
then can doubt for a moment the importance of this fluid? 

The lunatic asylums of this country contain numerous 
inmates who have been brought thither by the instrumen- 
tality of this vice ; some of the patients are so far habitu- 
ated to the propensity that the keepers are often compelled 
to secure their hands by cords to prevent the commission 
of the hideous act. 



— 2Sl — 

Let the young be warned, for many of its victims fall a 
prey to it ignorantly. Let our public institutions be 
enlightened upon this important subject, because there the 
absense of exercise, the seclusion from female society, 
and the character of their studies, especially such as viti- 
ate the imagination while the mind undergoes what is 
termed classical cultivation, all tend to induce and increase 
the mischief. 

There is every -reason to believe that in nine cases out of 
ten, those unhappy females who are tenants' of brothels 
have been victims of this crime in the first place. Were 
this the peculiar vice of the low and vulgar, there might 
be some excuse for the apathy and false delicacy that per- 
vade the community respecting it, but it invades all 
ranks professed Christians as well. 

Indulofingf in this excess without consideration of the 
shocking condition to which he is hastening, incapacitat- 
ing himself from the healthy enjoyment of the gentler sex, 
ruining his constitution beyond the power of man to per- 
fectly reinstate or re-establish, and wallowing in the filthy 
infatuation of a disordered imagination, he abandons his 
God-like reason to the obedience of this hateful and ty- 
rannical master. 

Finding when too late, that he has rendered himself 
totally impotent, that sexual intercourse cannot be accomp- 
lished, he becomes moody, low and melancholy, his mind, 
now a chaos of utter confusion, bidding the world "a long 
farewell, M he flies the society and converse of mankind. 
The occupations of life appear irksome to his mind, trade, 
politics, the agitating influences of commercial specula- 
tions, are too difficult to attain. Continuing to brood over 
his hopeless condition, he lives in seclusion, women he 
loathes and shuns, raving and tearing his hair, cursing 
the day that he saw the light, with limbs that scarcely 
bear him up, with thin pale cheeks and 'attenuated form, 



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he sinks into a lethargic slumber, or ends in a fit of epi- 
lepsy. 

The sin of self-pollution is one of the most destructive 
evils ever practiced by fallen man; the muscles become 
flacid and feeble, the tone and natural action of the nerves 
relaxed and impeded, the understanding confused, the 
memory oblivious, the judgment perverted, the will inde- 
terminate and wholly without energy; the eyes appear 
languishing and without expression, and the countenance 
vacant, appetite ceases, nutrition fails, tremors, fears and 
terrors are generated, and thus the wretched victims drag 
out a miserable existence. 

The irritable state of the patient leads to the destruction 
of life, and in this way, annually, great numbers perish; 
the solitary sin of onanism produces affections of the head, 
and will make out of an active and clever boy a perfect 
idiot. If the purest and most ardent love produces physi- 
cal debility, because of the intense occupation of the mind, 
how much more destructive mtist impure associations be, 
especially when they are connected with vicious habits! 
No wonder that insanity and suicide, are the consequences. 

Sexual excess of any kind, is a most inevitable source of 
consumption and the fertile cause of pulmonary diseases, 
and how vain must all the skill of the physician be, when 
the patient, even in case of sickness, continues to destroy 
the remaining vitality of his heart, how many fine boys 
and girls gradually waste themselves away while their 
fond parents are unconscious of the causes of their prema- 
ture decay. 

As every constitution is liable to be tainted with some 
peculiar blemish of hereditary weakness, both mentally 
and bodily, it is rational to suppose that this vice will soon 
manifest itself in the weaker, while it may be hidden for a 
time in those of a stronger constitution. 

The patient who has been the victim of onanism can be 



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readily distinguished from the naturally consumptive per- 
son, by the violet tinted circle that surrounds his eye, and 
that peculiar expression of countenance easily recognized, 
but difficult to define. 

Among the many fatal results of self-pollution we may 
class epilepsy and convulsions. From a gorged and irreg- 
ular condition of the blood vessels of the head, whether 
produced by onanism or veneral excess, apoplexia is not an 
unfrequent occurence, the effect of sexual intercourse ter- 
minates its own paroxysm; but the unnatural passion of 
the masturbater may be goaded to madness, and if the ves- 
sels of the brain are not ruptured, a general debility of the 
worst form is left behind. 

The solitary libertine can be detected b] r a multiplicity 
of signs, not only by the appearance of general debility 
which he exhibits, but by his manners and demeanor on 
common occasions. In conversation he never looks you 
full in the face, but bashfully averts his eyes as if ashamed 
of having done something improper. 

He may be further known by his pallid bloodless coun- 
tenance, and hollow, sunken and half-ghastly eyes, the lids 
of which will frequently be tinged with red; if his indul- 
gence has been carried very far, he will have black and 
blue semi-circles under his eyes, and look as if worn out, 
almost dead for want of sleep. 

He will also have a half wild, half vacant stare, half 
foolish smile, especially when he sees a female. He will 
have no promptness, no decision of action, timid, and afraid 
of his own shadow, irresolute, never knowing what to do, 
or what he is doing. 

Let therefore every sensualist, especially the solitary 
sinner, remember that he is marked and known, and read 
by all men who have eyes and know how to use them. 
This exposition is made with sincerity, that they, being 



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ashamed out of their vile propensities, may rise from de- 
basing habits to practices of moral purity and virtue. 

The most successful cures for sexual perversion now 
recognized are hypnotic suggestions. 

The Food of American and European Laborers* 

Professor W. O. Atwater has been lecturing on food 
economics, and claims to have data which show that the 
American laborer, by reason of better food, does more work 
per day than the European laborer. Food is force in po- 
tential form. Its amount may be measured in calories or 
heat units, and a day's food for a healthy man should be 
sufficient to furnish 2,500 to 3,000 calories. The dietary 
of the European laborer, we are told, rarely furnishes 2,500 
calories, while that of the American furnishes from 3,000 
to 5,000 calories. 

The data for demonstrating that American laborers of 
all classes do more work because they are better fed must 
be very considerable, in order to satisfy critical exami- 
nations. 

It has been abundantly shown that hard labor cannot be 
performed on an insufficient diet, but it is also known that 
a sufficient diet is not a difficult or expensive thing to get. 

A working man must have a little over 20 grammes of 
nitrogen and 300 grammes of carbon daily, with water, 
and the latter practically costs nothing. A half a pound 
of meat or cheese, with a pound and a half of bread and 
butter, or farinaceous vegetables, furnishes all the calories 
needed. And because the American laborer has meat 
twice daily and plenty of vegetables, it does not follow that 
he can work more. 

Just as much work can be done on a sufficient diet as on 
an excess. As for the class of laborers who are furnished 
with daily food representing 5,000 calories, representing 



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six or seven pounds of meat daily, they must be highly 
and enviable persons; but whether they can do more work 
because their diet contains 5,000 calories of potential 
energy may be questioned. 

Diet of Strong Men* 

The Roman soldiers who built such wonderful roads, 
and carried a weight of armour and luggage that would 
crush the average farm hand, lived on coarse brown bread 
and sour wine. They were temperate in diet, and regular 
and constant in exercise. 

The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half 
the night, yet eats only his black bread, onion and water- 
melon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit, and 
sometimes olives, yet he walks off with his load of a hun- 
dred pounds. 

The Coolie, fed on rice, is more active, and can do more 
than the negro, fed on fat meats, 

An egg is said to contain as much nourishment as a 
pound and one ounce of cherries, a pound and a quarter of 
grapes, a pound and a half of russet apples, two pounds of 
gooseberries, and four pounds of pears, and that 114 pounds 
of grapes, 127 pounds of russet apples, 192 pounds of pears 
and 327 pounds of plums are equal in nourishment to 100 
pounds of potatoes. 

Cooking Eggs* 

How many women know how to prepare a perfectly 
fresh egg so that an afflicted stomach can eat it? 

Pour boiling water over the egg (in its shell,) let it stand 
on the tank in the water for five minutes. The egg will 
be nearly as smooth as custard, and is almost as easily di- 
gested as a raw one, while its flavor is something delicious. 



— 286 — 

Tomatoes as Food* 

A somewhat enthusiastic discussion is going on as to 
the alleged great value of the tomato as food, and its al- 
leged influence on dyspepsia and liver complaints. All 
this is in a measure apocryphal, but that tomatoes whether 
cooked or uncooked, but especially uncooked, form a very 
wholsome element in diet is unquestionable. No doubt, 
where it is possible to follow the advice of growing your 
own tomatoes as well as eating them, the necessary out- 
door exercise involved is excellent. 

The Inhabitants of Cheese, 

Mr. Adamitz has recently made some researches upon 
the microscopic organisms that inhabit cheese. 

From an examination of Emmenthal, the best variety of 
Gruyere cheese, he has obtained the following results: In 
each gramme of the cheese, when fresh, from 90,000 to 
140,000 microbes are found. With time, this number in- 
creases. A cheese seventy-one days old contains 800,000 
bacteria per gramme. The population of a soft cheese 
twenty-five days old, and much denser than the preceding, 
is 1,200,000 per gramme, and of a cheese forty-rive days 
old the population is 2,000,000 microbes per gramme. 

Rut the population of a cheese is not always distributed 
everywhere the same in it, and the above figures apply to 
the central parts. 

The centre is but moderately inhabited in proportion to 
the external portion. Thus the population of a soft cheese 
near the periphery, is from 3,600,000 to 5,600,000 microbes. 
According to the means of these two figures, there are as 
many living organisms in 360 grammes of such a cheese 
as there are people upon the earth. 



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Bread, White or Brown. 

Which shall we eat? To my mind one correct answer 
only can be given, and that in favor of brown bread. 
There. is not the slightest doubt that ordinary white bread 
feeds without nourishing. Children who would thrive on 
brown bread and milk are thin, puny, and rickety from 
the excessive use of white bread. The starch portion of 
wheat may be compared to the fat of meat, and the dark 
part or glutten to lean meat. Starch is carbon, fat is car- 
bon, and the albumen of the animal and the glutton of 
wheat are nearly identical nitrogenous substances. We 
never would of course attempt to exist on fat to the exclu- 
sion of all other food elements, but children are frequently 
fed on white bread and preserves to the exclusion of other 
food. 

A lack of vital force soon follows the excessive use of 
white bread, as it is almost as free from nitrogen as the fat 
of meat. The blood, nerve, and muscle making elements 
of the wheat are nearly all removed by the grinding. In- 
valids and working people we are sure cannot afford to 
live on wheat bread. Practice is far better than theory, 
and we should like our readers to try for themselves a 
whole wheat bread at least once a day. 

Many persons procure gluten flour to get well, and the 
healthy eat white bread to become dyspeptics. 

The Relation of Growth of the Body to its Organs* 

From an analysis of a large number of observations 
made in the pathological institute of Munich, K. Open- 
heimer makes the following deductions (Jour. Am. Med. 
Ass.): The bodily weight reaches its highest relative 
standing earlier in females than in males. The weight of 
the adult man is about thirty times as great as at birth; 
that of the adult women eighteen times as great. The 



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length of the body reaches its highest relative point in 
man at the age of 15 years, when it amounts to 158 centi- 
meter; in women the highest relative point is reached at 
the same age and amounts to 153.6. cm. The growth of 
the lungs surpasses that of the body as a whole at nearly 
all periods, and especially at the middle period of growth. 
The heart increases approximately in proportion <to the 
entire body. 

The spleen and kidneys increase proportionately with 
the body. The relative lack of development in the liver 
and brain is compensated by the rapid relative increase of 
fat and muscle, particularly the latter. 

Law Against Adulteration in Russia* 

The Russian government has recently enacted some very 
stringent laws against the adulteration of food and drink. 
Any person guilty of adulterating any article of food will 
be liable to a fine of $200 or imprisonment for three 
months for the first offence, double this penalty for the 
second, and deprivation of all rights as a citizen for the 
third. 

Sir William Gull 

Says: I think that instead of flying "to alcohol, as some 
people do when they are exhausted, they might very well 
take food, and would do very much better without the 
alcohol. If I am fatigued with overwork, personally, my 
food is very simple. I eat the raisins instead of drinking 
the wine. I have had a very large experience in that 
practice for thirty years. This is my own personal exper- 
ience, and I believe it is a very good and true experience. 
I should join issue at once with those who believe that in- 
tellectual work cannot be so well done without wine or 
alcohol. I should deny that proposition and hold to the 
opposite. There is a great deal of injury done to health 



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by the habitual use of wines in their various kinds, and 
alcohol in its various shapes, even in so-called moderate 
quantities. It leads to the degeneration of the tissues; it 
spoils the health and it spoils the intellect. 

The Value of Vegetables* 

•* All vegetables have an effect on the chemistry of the 
body, so that we cannot speak too highly of their import- 
ance at the table. We will mention a few of these matters 
first, and dispose of this aspect of the subject, so as not to 
seem to mix pharmacopeia with the kitchen. 

Asparagus is a strong diuretic, and forms part of the 
cure for rheumatic patients at such resorts as Aix les Bains. 

Sorrel is cooling, and forms the staple of that soup aux 
herbs which a French lady will order for herself after a 
long and tiring journey. 

Carrots, as containing a quantity of sugar, are avoided 
by some people while others complain of them as indiges- 
tible. With regard to the latter accusation it may be re- 
marked in passing, that it is the yellow core of the carrot 
that is difficult of digestion — the outer, a red layer, is 
tender enough. In Savoy, the peasants have recourse to 
an infusion of carrots as a specific for jaundice. 

The large, sweet onion is very rich in these alkaline ele- 
ments which counteract the poison of rheumatic gout. If 
slowly stewed in weak broth, and eaten with a little 
Nepaul pepper, it will be found to be an admirable article 
of diet for patients of studious and sedentary habits. 

The stalks of cauliflower have the same sort of value, 
only too often the stalk of a cauliflower is so illboiled and 
unpalatable that few persons would thank you for propos- 
ing to them to make part of their meal consist of so unin- 
viting an article. 

Turnips, in the same way, are often thought to be indi- 
gestible, and better suited for cows and sheep than for 






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delicate people; but here the fault lies with the cook quite 
as much as with the root. The cook boils the turnip 
badly, and then pours some butter over it, and the eater of 
such a dish is sure to be the worse for it. Try a better 
way. Half boil your turnips and cut it in slices like half- 
crowns. Butter a pie dish, put in the slices, moisten 
with a little milk and weak broth, dust once with bread 
crumbs and pepper and salt, and bake in the oven till it 
gains a bright golden brown. This dish, which is the 
Piedmontese fashion of eating turnips, is quite unsuited 
for cows and ought to be popular. What shall be said 
about our lettuces? The plant has a slight narcotic action 
of which a French old woman like a French doctor well 
knows the value, and when properly cooked it is really 
very easy of digestion. But in our country, though let- 
tuces are duly grown in every garden, you often hear the 
remark, "I can't eat a salad," and as few cooks know how 
to use the vegetable which has been refused in its raw 
state, the lettuces are all wasted, and so is the ground in 
which they are grown. 

Milk as a Culture Medium for the Tubercle Bacillus* 

Dr. Abott, of the Johns Hopkins University, has in- 
vestigated the question of the viabillity of tubercle bacilli 
in milk. Bollinger, Bang, Zochokke and Krnst claim to 
have found the organism in the milk of cows in which 
no tuberculous lesions could be demonstrated in the udder. 
By experiment, Dr. Abbott determined that the cow's 
milk not only may contain the tubercle bacillus, but 
that the organism retains its vitality and even increase 
and multiply in numbers under favorable conditions. 

He believes that a certain amount of infection takes 
place in this way. (In a L,adies Seminary in French a 
few of the young ladies exhibited symptoms of well marked 
phthisis (consumption) contracted through the use of milk.) 



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He therefore condemns the practice of administering 
raw milk to children especially. The sterilization of milk 
for domestic use is a simple matter and should . be insisted 
upon. It may be accomplished in two ways, by boiling 
and by steaming, the latter being preferable, as it causes 
less alteration in the milk. Place the milk in a clean 
flask or several flasks, plug their mouths with raw cotton, 
and steam in the ordinary steamer found in every kitchen, 
for a period of not less than thirty minutes, the time to be 
reckoned, from the beginning of boiling. By this pro- 
cedure the organism will be rendered inert and a step in 
the prophilaxies of the disease will be accomplished. 

To Render Milk More Digestible/ 

Where milk agrees badly with patients, it is said that 
shaking it thoroughly, just as lemonade is shaken, will 
render it more digestible. 

Horlick's Malted Milk in powder form is the best article 
of diet for children and adults in health and sickness, and 
highly recommended by all the leading physicians. 

Why Thunder Storms Affect Milk, 

The effect of an electrical discharge is to decompose a 
portion of the atmosphere, by which ozone is produced. 
This substance has peculiar properties from its intense 
activity as an oxide of oxygen, and its action is often be- 
lieved to be, and may be, the cause of the so\iring of milk, 
beer and fresh wine during what are known as thunder 
storms. The ozone is diffused through the air, and is be- 
lieved to be the cause of the strong acid odor which pre- 
vails after the storm is passed. No doubt if the milk is 
submerged in water, and access of air is prevented, no re- 
sult of the kind need be apprehended; and as the more 
milk is exposed to the air the more it will be affected by 



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the ozone, the milk in open pans will be acidified more 
readily than that in deep pails, although these may be 
open. In our long experience, however, the writer adds, 
we have never had any milk affected in this way, either in 
shallow pans or deep pails, and are of the opinion that the 
heat of the air preceding thunder storms is more directly 
the agent in the souring of the milk than the ozone that 
may exist in the air after the storm is passed. Carefulness 
to maintain a proper temperature, by closing dairy houses 
and cellars against the outer atmosphere, will be a means 
of safety. — Gaillard's Medical Journal. 

In addition to the above we may say, that by pouring a 
teaspoonful of boro-glyceride into one pail full of milk, the 
souring will be prevented. 

Families should give more attention to their milk sup- 
ply, and insist that the proper measures be employed at 
the farm-house and in the transit of the milk from the 
farm, so that it be not only of good quality but properly 
preserved. If the necessary conditions and precautions be 
not observed, it is far safer to employ one of the condensed 
milks, which are prepared in the country, or one of the 
proprietary infant-foods containing condensed milk. It is 
within the legitimate sphere of the physician to recom- 
mend a. proprietary food, if its exact composition and the 
mode of preparing it be made known to the public. 

Among the many American foods there are some that 
have been prepared with scrupulous attention to details, so 
that their ingredients are of the best quality, so far pre- 
digested, that they do not overtax the digestive function 
of infants, and the employment of which in infantile feed- 
ing have given good results according to the statement of 
mothers and nurses. 

% In the preparation of Carnrick's food not only are the 
healthiness, cleanliness, and feeding of the cows, which 
furnish the 62 y 2 per cent, of milk solids which it contains 



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under close surveilance, but the milk is peptonized at the 
farmhouse after the milking, after which its water is ex- 
pelled by evaporation and its nutritive portion reduced to 
a powder. 

Horlick's Malted Milk in powder form for infants is also 
highly recommended from the physicians, mothers, nurses 
and the press. 

The Beef Tea Delusion, 

Select round or rump, as it is useless to spend money^ for 
choice beef when it is just as good for the purpose. Take 
one pound, chop it into fine pieces about the size of the 
end of the little finger, and soak it in ' one pint of cold 
water for two hours. Then boil the whole, strain, and 
add enough water to make a pint, add sufficient quantity 
of salt, pepper to suit the taste. The object of soaking in 
cold water is to get the essence out of the beef. If warm 
water is used a coating of albumen coagulates on the sur- 
face of the beef, thus preventing the essence from escaping. 

What a pity that a mau assuming to be a teacher should 
so delude the rising generation ! 

Now let us try to make some of this beef tea. We take 
a pound of finely cut beef and pour a pint of cold water on 
it, and let it stand two hours; the water is not near suffi- 
cient to cover the beef, but with occasional agitation we 
get at the essence. At the end of two hours we find the 
meat surrounded by a reddish colored liquid. Put a little 
of this fluid into a test tube, and hold it in the flame of a 
spirit lamp. You see it coagulates- to the extent of one- 
fourth, perhaps. What is that? Well never mind now, 
we are going to make some beef tea. Now we proceed to 
boil the whole, strain and add sufficient water to make a 
pint. You perceive that it is too strong and has to be di- 
luted. Let us take a little of this concentrated essence in 
a test tube and examine it. Here is a translucent fluid 



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with a bland taste, a neutral reaction, and a slight odor of 
beef. By closer inspection you observe little fine particles 
of sediment slowly settling. This, Pavy says, should be 
stirred up and given with the tea, but as it is only parti- 
cles of coagula which have skipped through the strainer, 
let us have it out. If part of it ought to come out, it all 
should. So we will filter this liquid, and you observe we 
have a limpid, almost colorless fluid left, and a slight de- 
posit on the filter. What is it ? Well we shall see shortly. 
Now take a little of this liquid in a test tube and drop a 
few drops of nitric acid into it. There is no precipitate 
formed, so we know that there is no albumen or fibrin in 
it. What is in it? Well, there is a little saline matter 
and — a world of disappointment to any one who tries to 
sustain life with it. Common well water containing the 
average quantity of bacteria is more nourishing. Thous- 
ands of sick people have been starved to death on this diet, 
and I want to enter my solemn protest against it before it 
is everlastingly too late. What you want is the albumen 
and fibrin of the meat in a condition requiring little diges- 
tive power, and that will be readily assimilated. The 
moment you coagulate these ingredients by heat you ren- 
der them practically indigestible. These, however by this 
process are mostly strained out and the fluid left is inert, 
or nearly so. 

Good milk is preferable always, but if you must give 
beef tea, never boil it. It is not very inviting in its gen- 
eral aspect, but it holds in solution the ingredients that 
you want, andwhich are rendered useless for a weak diges- 
tion by boiling. 

By adding a teaspoonful of caramel (burnt sugar) - to the 
above beef tea, the latter will be more appetizing, and the 
surest way to get genuine beef tea, prepared from the raw 
meat is to ask your druggist for a large bottle of "Bovinin', 
the best beef extract in the market and in daily use among 



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thousands of invalids, ^nd healthy people in need of a 
good bowl of beef tea and a genuine tonic. 

Drinks for Hot Weather* 

Increased thirst is an inevitable accompaniment of hot 
weather. The present epidemic of lemonade stands, soda 
fountains, mineral water spas, and of large placards announc- 
ing the arrival of imported Hofbrau which may be had on 
draught ice cold, etc, is all perfecty natural, because it is 
in response to a felt want and has a physiological explana- 
tion behind it. 

Two reasons exists for the demand which the physical 
frame makes for a usual amount of drink during hot wea- 
ther. In the first place, in August the mean temperature 
of the atmosphere is so near to that of the body that the 
loss of heat by radiation is reduced to a minimum, and is 
apt to stop altogether during the middle of the day. As a 
consequence, in spite of the cooling effects of vaporization 
of water on the surface of the body by free perspiration, 
there is a tendency for the heat of the interior to accumu- 
late, hence the desire for cooling drinks (especially after 
exertion) to actually reduce bodily temperature. The free 
use of cold water is therefore the best means of preventing 
thermic fever, heat strokes or sun strokes, as it is the best 
means of treatment after this has occurred. Cold drinks, 
then, are needed as refrigerants, given freely, just as it is 
the custom now to administer them in ordinary cases of 
fever. In the second place, the tissues need greater sup- 
plies of water at this time, owing to the desicating 
influence of the sun's rays and the exposure to the currents 
of heated air, as well as to make up for the increased loss 
of water by the skin. 

It is therefore, a proper and very practical question to 
ask, How shall the increased thirst be gratified and allayed? 
Among the many tempting suggestions that appeal to the 



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thirsty soul on a July day, ranging from apollinaris to 
mint julep, it is sometimes difficult for one of the laity to 
decide, it is also a point upon which doctors even may dif- 
fer in opinions and in their practice. There is one point 
upon which the experience of travelers in hot countries 
may be useful to us. Stanley very positively declares that 
Englishmen can keep their health under the equator only 
on condition that they entirely relinquish alcohol; even the. 
use of light wine or malt liquor is followed by the most 
unfavorable effects, and in the course of a few months or a 
year the health is broken down and death or invalidism 
follows. 

Our summers are so short that, with us, such effects are 
not so clearly shown, but the lesson of moderation in alco- 
holic beverages is clearly taught. Parkes also, in his 
report on the issue of a spirit ration during the Ashantee 
campaign, has shown that alcohol is injurious to soldiers 
who are compelled to undergo physical exertion of a march 
during hot weather. 

At the same time, persons whose digestion is enfeebled 
and who are accustomed to take some stimulant with their 
meals, if they do not feel able to discontinue its use entirely 
during the summer, will see the importance of restricting 
exercise after eating, and as far as possible avoiding exer- 
tion during the middle of the day. Carbonated beverages 
during the summer especially are grateful to the palate 
and acceptable to the stomach, and satisfy the sense of 
thirst more fully than any amount of water. It is for this 
reason that lager beer has become so popular in this coun- 
try; but it is drunk more on account of its bitter flavor and 
carbonic acid, which quench thirst, than for the alcohol it 
contains, which is really a disadvantage during hot wea- 
ther. For those who have retained their childish taste for 
sweet things, soda water seems to answer the purpose, and 
nearly every drug store corner now is embellished with a 



— 2 9 7 — 

fountain for the sale of this seductive and flatulent bev- 
erage. 

It is likely to be contaminated by traces of copper and 
lead when kept in the old st}de receivers, which in the 
best places are now porcelain lined or made of block tin. 
Many customers are also found for plain carbonated water, 
such as Giesshubler, Vichy, Carlsbad, etc After all, the 
real need of the tissues is pure water, and not alcohol, car- 
bonic acid, hops, or syrups of various kinds. 

It is true that vegetable acids have been useful in fevers, 
and small quantities of lemon juice, lime juice, raspberry 
vinegar, or claret make the water more thirst-satisfying 
and are not. positively objectionable. 

Ice water drunk slowly and in moderate quantity at a 
time is salutary and, when pure, the best of all summer 
drinks. Years ago, before the use of ice was as universal 
as it is at present, a doctor would occasionally return as a 
cause of death "excessive drinking of ice water," but at 
present physicians look upon it with less suspicion and 
approve of the establishment of public ice-water fountains 
for the use of the public. Even the babies are allowed 
ice water, and it is regarded as a valuable adjunct to the 
treatment of the summer digestive disorders of infancy and 
a preventive of sickness. 

V 

Rules for Bathers* 

Avoid bathing within two hours after a meal. 

Avoid bathing when exhausted by fatigue or from any 
other cause. 

Avoid bathing when the body is cooling after perspir- 
ation. 

Avoid bathing altogether in the open air if after having 
been a short time in the water it causes a sense of chilli- 
ness and numbness of the hands and feet. 
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— 298 — 

Bathe when the body is warm, provided no time is lost 
in getting into the water. 

Avoid chilling the body by sitting or standing undressed 
on the banks or in boats after having been in the water. 

Avoid remaining too long in the water; leave the water 
immediately if there is the slightest feeling of chilliness. 

The vigorous and strong may bathe early in the. morn- 
ing on a empty stomach. 

The young, and those who are weak, had better bathe 
two or three hours after a meal — the best time for such is 
from two to three hours after breakfast. 

Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness or faint- 
ness, and those who suffer from palpitation and other sense 
of discomfort at the heart, should not bathe without first 
consulting their medical adviser. 

Bathing, 

To the abstract question, "Is bathing conducive to 
health and longevity, or the reverse?" no general answer 
can be given. As applied to an individual, however, there 
should be some means of arriving at its solution so that 
proper advice can be imparted to the anxious inquirer. 

We may in a certain case suppose it to be useful, but 
we cannot know positively how bathing agrees with any 
person until he has given it a fair trial. As John Hunter 
said, Why think, why not make the experiment? The 
great trouble is that patients are fickle-minded and easily 
discouraged, especially if their personal comfort is in any 
way affected. It is too often the case that the patient is 
induced by his physician to try the experiment, but he 
uses so little discretion that the effect is bound to be un- 
pleasant and is therefore discontinued, or is followed by 
evil consequences and the practice of bathing is blamed. 

As a matter of fact and experience, when it is desirable 
to institute daily bathing as a hygienic measure, where the 



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patient has been in the habit of bathing only at long inter- 
vals, the first effort should be to obtain the co-operation 
and favor of the individual, even some enthusiasm might 
be pardonable. The directions with regard to the length 
of time of bathing, period in the day, its relation to exer- 
cise and eating, etc., should be explicitly given, and they 
should be adapted to the case, and should be educational 
and progressive. At first the skin of an adult unused to 
bathing is often very sensitive, and a cold plunge- 
bath is an ordeal that he shrinks from even in 
summer, and cannot at once adopt as a daily thing, no 
matter what might be the consequences of a refusal. In 
such a case, sponging with warm water, followed by brisk 
rubbing with a dry^towel is all that can be expected, at 
first; afterwards the shower bath may be gradually brought 
into use, and as the cutaneous nerves become less sensative 
to cold, a douche or plunge may occasionally be intro- 
duced. There are some persons however who will never 
go this far; the nervous shock is too great for them and 
reaction is very slow. 

It is not necessary always to use soap, but sometimes 
the addition of some salt in the water will invest it with 
more attractiveness to the patient's mind. 

Objection has been made to the daily bath on the ground 
that the bather in consequence of excessive cleanliness lives 
too fast; he is functionally too active, and it has been 
thought that more gradual or delayed excretion would bet- 
ter accord with health. Others think that part of the 
protection against the weather, exerted by the skin, is 
largely due to its own effete products which are removed 
by bathing. In commenting upon this, the Lancet said: 

The bath not only continues to hold its own, but its 
popularity increases year by year. 

As regards amenity, both personal and relative, to one's 
neighbors, there can be no doubt that this is usually much 



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assisted by a habit of regular bathing. Other advantages 
are not lacking. Among these are, when cold water is 
used, the invigorating exercise of the nervous and circu- 
lating systems, the resistance of weather changes, and the 
tonicity of skin engendered by immersion. Further, it is 
undeniable that the nonremoval of effete matters from the 
body imposes a most unwholesome check upon waste ex- 
cretion in deeper tissues. It is said that some savage races 
maintain a robust life in spite of personal uncleanliness; 
but these tribes, it must be remembered, are exceptionally 
favpred in regard to fresh air and exercise. It is probable, 
also, that even they do not thrive as they should, and 
would, under purer conditions. For civilized men of se- 
dentary habits, the advantage of possessing a clean and 
freely active skin is a virtual necessity of healthy existence. 
In moderate life bathing occupies a prominent place, 
and when us^d with discretion it is a powerful, adjunct to 
other well known measures for maintaining health. 

Disease in Books* 

The man who is not prevented from turning book leaves 
with a wet finger by fastidious refinement may well pause 
for fear of microbes. 

The authorities at Dresden, Germany, have been inves- 
tigating the question whether circulating libraries are not 
mediums for the spread of infectious diseases. They 
rubbed the dirtiest leaves of the books, first with a dry 
finger and then with a wet, microscopically examining the 
products in each case. 

In the first case, scarcely any microbes were found on 
the finger; in the second case, plenty. Though all these 
appeared to be of a non-infectious character, the commit- 
tee winds up with a recommendation to readers not to wet 
the finger in the mouth for the purpose of turning over 
the leaves. 



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Just as bad and dangerous of infection is the counting 
of paper money by wetting the finger in the mouth, or 
.what we have seen oftentimes to hold paper money between 
the lips. 

In buying old clothing, bedding, carpets, etc., from sec- 
ond handed stores an infectious disease may easily turn up 
in course of time, especially skin diseases. 

Disinfectants* 

(For Excreta.) 

In the sick room: — Chloride of lime in solution, 4 per 
cent; Piatt's chloride, see directions on bottle; sulphate of 
copper in solution, 5 per cent. 

In privy vaults: — Chloride of mercury in solution, 1-500: 
chloride of lime in powder. 

(For Clothing.) 

Soiled underclothing, bed linen, etc: — Destruction by fire; 
boiling for at least half an hour; immersion in a carbolic 
acid solution for four hours. 

Outer garments of wool or silk, etc: — Exposure to dry 
heat, at a temperature 230 F. for two hours; fumigation 
with sulphurous acid gas for at least twelve hours. 

Mattresses and blankets: — Destruction by fire; exposure 
to steam for one hour; fumigation same as above. 

(For the Person.) 

The hands and surface of the body of attendants of the 
sick and of convalescents: — Solution of chlorinated soda, 
1-10; carbolic acid 2 per cent solution. 

(For the Dead.) 

Envelop the body in a sheet thoroughly saturated with: 
— Chloride of lime solution, 4 per cent; carbolic acid so- 
lution, 5 per cent. 






— 3 o^ — 

(For the Sick Room.) 
Wash all surfaces with: — Chloride of lime solution, 

I-IOOO. 

When vacated: — Fumigate with sulphur dioxide for 
twelve hours, burning 3 pounds of sulphur for every t,ooo 
cubic feet of air space in the room, then wash every arti- 
cle with a solution of chloride of lime, finally throw open 
doors and windows and ventilate. 

Rags used for wiping away infectious discharges should 
be burned at once; in place of the usual handkerchief use 
soft clothes that can be immediately destroyed. 







Abreviations* 


aa. 


- 


-- 


- 


Of each. 


ad. 


- 


- 


- 


To. 


Aqua 


tepid 


- 


- 


Warm water. 


Aqua 


ferv. 


- 


- 


Hot water. 


Aqua 


dest. 




- 


Destilled water. 


Aqua 


font. 


gi 




Spring water 


Aqua 


com. 


- 


- 


Common water. 


Chart 


- 


- 


- 


A small paper (powder.) 


F. 


- 


- 


- 


Let there be made. 


M. 


- 


- 


- 


Mix. 


Mist. 


- 


- 


- 


A mixture. 


Pulv. 


- 


- 


- 


A powder. 


q. s. 


- 


- 


-■ 


A sufficient quantity. 


R. 


- 


- 


• 


Take. 


Rad. 




- 


- 


A root. 


Sig. 


- 


- 


- 


Write. 


Tinct, 


, 


- 


- 


A tincture. 


Unguent 


- 


- 


A salve. 



ro — 



Weights, 



POUND. 


OUNCES. DRACI 


SCRUPLES. 


GRAINS, 


I = 


12 = 96 = 


288 


= 


5,760 




1=8 = 


24 


=; 


480 




I = 


3 


= 


60 






1 


:= 


20 



Measures, 



XON PINTS. FLUID OZS. FL. DRMS. MINIMS. 


I = 8 = 128 

I ±= 16 


= 1024 = 61,440 
= 128 = 7,680 


I 


== 8 == 4S0 
1 = 60 


A teacup contains 


4 Fluid ounces. 


A wine glass " 


2 " " 


A tablespoon " 


: _ « 


A dessertspoon " 


iy 2 M drachms. 


A teaspoon " 


1 



Definition of Diseases. 

Abdomen: Belly. 
Abortion. Miscarriage. 
Acne. A skin disease. 
Acholia. A disease of the liver. 

Addisons' disease. Tuberculosis of the kidneys and 
liver. 

Ague. Intermittent fever. 

Alcoholism. Over-stimulation by spirits, etc. ***** 

Alopecia. Loss of hair, baldness. 

Albuminuria. A kidney disease. 

Amenorrhoea. Suppression of the menses. 

Anthrax. A karbuncle, malignant. 

Anaesthesia. Loss of sensation. 

Angina pectoris. Pain in the heart. 

Anaemia. Blood poverty. — ,, - 



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Aneurism. Arterial tumor. 

Anchylosis. Stiffness of a joint. 
* Apoplexia. A stroke. 

Apoplexia, with syncope With sinking spells. 

Aphasis. Loss of speech and memory. 

Aphonia. Loss of voice, (hoarse). 
*" Asthma. Contraction of the bronchial tubes. 

Askarides. Thread worms. 

Asphyxia. Cessation of respiratory movements. 

Balanitis. Inflammation of the foreskin of the male organ. 

Barber's Itch. A skin disease produced by shaving too 
close. 
*~ Bilious Fever. Bile in the blood. 

Blackheads. A microbial skin disease. 

(Bovinin). Juice prepared from the bull. 
**"" Bronchitis. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. 

Brilliantine. A face wash. • 

Breath. Expiration of air. 

Brain, dropsy. Accumulation of fluid in the ventricles 
of the brain. 

Brain, softening. • Degeneration of the brain substance. 
•^Bright's disease. Degeneration of the kidneys. 

Bubo. Inflammation of the glands of the groin. 

Burns. Excessive heat. 

Cancer. A malignant growth. 

Caries. Decay of bone substance. 

Cataract. Opacity of the lens, blindness. 

Canker sores. Ulcerative patches of the cheek and lips. 

Chilblains. Frost bites. 

Cholera morbis, cholera infantum. Irritation of the 
stomach, green stools, tympanitis, etc. 

Chordee. Painful erection of the male organ. 

Chancres, soft. Syphilitic ulcer. 

Chancres, hard. Syphilitic tumor. 

Chanceroids. Syphilitic sores. 






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Cholera epidemic. A contagious disease. 

Chills. A sensation of extreme coldness. 
""^Change of Life. Climateric, epoch, menopause, cessa- 
tion of the monthly sickness in females. 
•<*■*> Chlorosis. Green sickness. 

Cirrhosis. A liver disease. 

Conjunctivitis. Inflammation of the eye. ' 

Condylomata. Syphilitic excrescences around the rectum 
and genital organs. 

Colic. Irregular, painful contractions of the intestines. 

Confectioners disease. Ulceration of the finger tips, 
from working in sugar. 
-**■ Cough. Forcible expiration. 

Cold. A simple catarrh. 

Collapse. Extreme nervous prostration. 
- — Convulsions. Muscular contractions. 

Coma. Profound insensibility. 

Concussion. Violent shaking up. 
a**. Consumption. Destruction of the lungs. 

Croup. A laryngeal disease. 

Dandruff. Scurf of the head. 
Delirium tremens. Derangement of consciousness. 

Deafness. Loss of sense of hearing. 

Dengue Fever. Three days eruptive fever. 
-*— Debility, nervous. Weakness, a state of goneness. 
*— Diarrhoea. A watery discharge. 
-^ Dismenorrhoea. Irregular menstruation. 

Diphtheria. A specific contagious disease. 
~— ' Diabetes. Sugar in urine. 
-^Dropsy. Accumulation of fluid in a serous cavity. 

Dyspepsia, Disorders of digestion, 

Dysentery. A febrile disease, with inflammation of the 
intestines. 
- ■- -Eczema. An eruption of the skin. 

Elephantiasis. A skin disease. 

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Emissions. Seminal discharge during sleep. 

Embolism. Arrested circulation by a solid body of blood. 

Emphysema. Excessive air in the lungs. 

Enema. Injection per rectum of food. 

Epilepsy, Muscular spasms with loss of consciousness, 

Epistaxis. Profuse bleeding of the nose. 
" Erysipelas. Inflammation of the skin. 

Erythema. An eruptive skin disease. 

Eruptive fevers. Measles, scarlet fever, small pox. 

Exitment. Over stimulation. 

Fainting. Suspended animation. 

Felon. Inflammatory process of the finger and nail. 

Fissure. A superficial crack. 

Fistula. A narrow canal. 

Fits. Muscular contractions. 

Flushes. Congested blood vessels of the face. 

(Florida water.) A face wash. 

Freezing. Extreme coldness of the body tissues. 

Freckles. Pigment spots of the skin. 

Furuncle. A boil. 

Gangrene. Death of a part of organic life. 

Gastric fever. Inflammation of the stomach. 

Giddiness. Swimming of the head. 

Gleet. A urethral discharge. 

Glanders and farcy. An infectious disease in man and 
horse. 

Gonorrhoea. A purulent mucus discharge from the 
sexual organs. 

Gout. Uric acid formation in the joints. 

Goitre. Cystic enlargement of the thyroid gland. 

Hands, chapped^" Cracked. 

Hay fever. A catarrhal affection of the eye, nose, 
larynx, etc. 

Headache. Pain in the head. 

Hemorrhoids. Blood tumors of the rectal veins. 



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Hemoptysis. Spitting of blood. 
Hemorrhage. Escape of blood. 
-"-»* Heartburn. A scalding sensation in the stomach. 
-»*-Heart, palpitation. Abnormal movement of the blood 
circulation of the heart. 
" Heart, asthenia. Weakness of the heart. 
— Heart, enlargement. Dilation of the heart. 
Hematuria. Appearace of blood in the urine. 
Hemiplegia. Paralysis on one side of the body. 
Hernia. Protrusion of the intestines. 
Hernia, strangulated. Incarcerated intestines. 
Hernia, umbilical. Protrusion of the naval cord. 
" — -Hiccough. Spasmotic closure of the glottis. 
Hoarseness. Roughness of the voice. 
Hydrophobia. Disturbance of the central nervous sys- 
tem. 

Hydrocele. A collection of fluid around the testicles. 
Hydrocephalus. Accumulation of flluid in the ventrcles 
of the brain, and between scalp and brain, resp. scalp and 
bone. 

Hypertrophy of the testes. Excessive growth. 
■ — Hysteria. An imperfect development of the highest 
nerve centres. 

Ichthyosis. A scale affection of the skin. 
-— • Impotency. Incapacity for sexual intercourse. 

Insomnia. Sleeplessness. 

Intestines, obstruction. Accumulation of hard feces. 
Injection, after delivery. Introduction of fluid into the 
vagina. 

Influenza. A microbal disease. 

Insanity. Disorder of mind. 
—--Infantile diseases. Diseases of the new born and up to 
two years of age. 

Itch. A germ disease of the skin. 

Jaundice. Yellowness of the skin and conjunctivae. 






— 3 o8 — 

Jaundice, black. The skin assumes a dark color. 
-*— Joint inflammation. Extreme heat and swelling. 

Keloid. A flat tumor of the skin, mark. 

Kleptomania. Disorder of mind with a desire to steal. 

Labor, feeble. Slow dilation of the womb. 

Labor, false. Pain without dilation of the womb. 

Labia, swelling. Enlargement of the exterior female 
organs. 

Labia, boils. An abcess of the exterior female organs. 

Labia, ulcers. A simple or syphilitic sore of the female 
organs. 

Larynx. The air passage. 

Leucorrhoea. A white discharge from the vagina. 

Leprosy. A contagious skin disease. 

Leg, cramps. Muscular contraction. 

Leg, ulcers. Syphilitic cancerous, or varicose sores. 

Lead colic. Abdominal pain, vomiting, with obstruc- 
tion of the bowels. 

Lice. A parasite. 

Lips, chapped. Cracked. 
^Liver. The largest (hepatic) gland of the body. 

Lupus. A noncontagious skin disease. 

Lumbago. Muscular rheumatism of the lumbar region. 

Malarial fever. A poisonous germ of the soil in the 
blood. 

Marasmus. Wasting, shrinking. 

Masturbation or self abuse. An imnatural manipulation 
of the sexual organ. 
«■» Menstruation, scant. Not enough of the monthly flow. 
"* Menstruation, irregular. Menses may appear at any 
time.. 

Menstruation, excessive. Too much flowing of the 
menses. 

Meningitis. Inflammation of the pia-mater. 

Menorrhage. Profuse menstrual flow. 



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* Measels. An eruptive infectious fever. 

Miscarriage. Interruption of gestation before the ninth 
month of pregnancy. 

Migraine. Nervous headache. 

Milk fever. A constitutional disturbance accompany- 
ing the flow of milk to the breasts. 

Milk leg. A white swelling of the leg in lying-in 
woman. 

Morphinism. Poisoning by morphium. 

Mouth fissure. A crack. 

Mouth wash antisyphilitic. Against syphilitic sores. 

Mumps. A febrile disease with enlargement of the 
glands. 

Nasal catarrh. Profuse discharge, or dryness of the nos- 
trils, with pain in the forehead. 

Naevus. A mother's mark. 

Neuralgia. Pain of the nervous sensory apparatus. 

Nettle rash. A skin eruption. 

Night sweats. Profuse perspiration during nights. 

Nipple sore. Cracked or ulcerated. 

Nightmare. A disturbed sleep, with a feeling of weight 
at the stomach. 

Nymphomania. Insatiable desire for sexual intercourse 
in women. 

Obesity. Excessive development of the body. 

Oesophagus stricture. Contraction of the alimentary 
canal. 

Opium habit. Poisoning by opium. 

Ovarien neuralgia. Pain in the ovaries. 

Ovarien inflammation. Heat and swelling in the ovaries. 

Ovarien dropsy. Accumulation of fluid in the ovaries. 

Oxaluria. Oxalic acid in the urine. 

Ozaena or rhinitis. Foetid discharge from the nose. 
■» Paralysis. Loss of power of muscular contractions, loss 
of senses, and loss of transmitting impressions. 



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Paraplegia. See paralysis. 

Pain, ataxic. Painful muscular movements. 

Peritonitis Inflammation of the muscles etc. of the 
abdomen. 

Pemphygus. A skin disease. 

Pertussis. See whooping cough. 

Periostitis. Inflammation of the covering membrane of 
the bones. 

Pericarditis. Inflammation of the membranous bag of the 
heart. 

Pharyngitis. An affection of the pharyngeal mucus 
membranae. 

Phthisis,, (consumption). Degeneration of lung tissues. 

Phimosis. A condition of the penis in which the glans 
can not be uncovered. 

Photophobia. Intolerance of light. 

Pigmentation. Deposition of coloring matter. 

Pleurisy. Inflammation of the lining of the chest cavity. 

Pleurodynia. Cramps in the chest wall. 

Pneumonia. Inflammation of the lung. 

Powder stains. Blue marks from exploded shooting 
powder in the skin. 

Pruritus ani. An irritation of the rectum. 

Pruritus vulvae. An irritation of the exterior female 
organs. 

Pruritus senile. Neurosis of old people. 

Pregnancy. A state of gestation. 

Psoriasis. An itching skin disease. 

Purpura. Effusion of blood into the upper layers of the 
skin. 

Puerperal fever. Absorbtion of septic matter into the 
blood, connected with child birth. 

Pyamia. A condition of blood poisoning. 

Quinsy. See tonsilitis. 

Relapsing fever. See typhoid fever. 



— 3*1 — 

Rectum fissure. A crack. 
Rectum ulceration. A pus discharging sore. 
Rectum prolaps. Protrusion of the rectum. 
Rheumatism. A febrile disease. 
Ringworm. A vegetable parasite. 

Rickets. A disease arresting natural growth and devel- 
opment. 

Rosacea. A crimson rash of the skin. 

Rubeola. False measles subsiding in three days. 

Rupture. See hernia. 

Saliva. Secretion from the salivary glands. 
•^Sciatica. Neuralgic pain in the hip joint. 

Scarlet fever. An infectious specific fever. 

Scabies. A simple inflammation of the skin with irri- 
tation. 
— * Scurvy. General debility, swelling of the gums, legs,etc. 

Scrotum. The bag which holds the testicles. 

Sea sickness. A disturbance of the nervous system. 

Self abuse. See masturbation. 

Shampoo. A wash with massage. 

Shock. A sudden depression of the functions of the 
body. 
•— Sleeplessless. Excited nervous condition. 

Smell, loss of. A morbid condition of the alfactory 
nerve. 
***Small pox. An acute, specific infectious disease.. 

Sprains, A certain form of dislocation. 
1 Spasms. Abnormal contractions of muscles. 

Spotted fever. See typhus fever. 

Spermatorrhoea. Discharge of seminal fluid. 

Stys. A small abcess of the eyelids. 
*•*> Stomach acidity. Acid formation in the stomach. 
<*, Stomach ulcers. A malignant growth in the stomach. 

Stomach inflammation. See gastric fever. 
1T5 Stomach cramps. Extreme contractions of the stomach. 



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Stomatitis. Inflammation of the mouth. 

Strangulation. See asphyxia. 

Still-born. Suspended animation. 

Sterility. Want of power of reproduction. ' 

Stricture of the urethra. Contraction of the urethral 
tube. 

Sun burn. Blistering of the skin by solar heat. 

Sun stroke. A pathological condition from exposure to 
heat. 

Suffocation. See asphyxia. 
-—Syphilis. A specific contagious disease. 

Syncope. Suspended animation. 

Tape worm. A parasite 

Tears, excessive. Dropping out of a watery fluid of the 
eye. 

Tetanus. Idiopathic muscular spasms. 

Testicles. Testes of the male organ. 

Throat sore. Irritation of larynx, pharynx, tonsils and 
urula. 

Thirst. Contraction of the salivary glands, a drying up 
of fluid by heat. 

Toothache. Pain in connection with the teeth. 

Tonsillitis. Inflammation of the tonsils. 

Tongue, inflammation. A kind of herpetic eruption. 

Tongue, ulcers. Syphilitic sores, patches, etc. 

Tremor. Successive movements of muscles. 

Trichinosis. A parasitic disease. 
•*«* Tuberculosis. Minute swellings in one or every part of 
the body. 

Tumors. A swelling caused by some form of new growth. 

Tympanitis. Accumulation of gas within the abdomen. 

Typhoid fever. A continued fever, with diarrhoea, in- 
testinal lesions, etc. 

Typhus fever. A contagious febrile disease. 

Ulcer, corneal. An abcess of the cornea, an eye disease. 



Urticaria. A burning and itching skin eruption. 

Uric acid diathesis. Formation of uric acid crystals in 
the urine. 

Urine incontinuance. Not able to pass the urine. 
«»» Uterine debility. A state of abnormal weakness of the 
womb. 

Vaginitis. Irritation of the vagina. 

Varicocele. A knotty condition of the veins in the 
scrotum. 

Veins, varicose. Increase in length, diameter, thickness, 
■ knotty arteries. 

Vertigo. Swimming of the head. 

Vomiting. Drawing up the contents of the stomach. 

Warts. A papillary horny growth from the skin. 
-"■* White-swelling. A joint disease. 
■*■ Whooping cough. An infectious specific disease. 
•"■*Womb hemorrhage. Escape of blood from the uterus. 
-« Womb prolaps. sinking down or protrusion of the 
uterus. 

-n* Womb cancer. A malignant growth of the uterus. 
^Woirib carcinoma. A malignant growth of the uterus. 

Womb polyp.' A swelling, resp. new growth of the 
uterus. 

Womb ulcers, Syphilitic or simple sores of the uterus. 

Worms seat. A thread like parasite at the lower end of 
the rectum. 

Worms round. A goose quill like parasite in the small 
intestines. 

Yellow fever. A pestilential contagious fever, by which 
the whole body turns yellow. 



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(See also Definition of Diseases*) 



Abdomen,, dropsy of 

Abortion, see miscarriage 

Abbreviations 

Acne 

Acholia 

Addisons disease 

Ague 

Alcoholism or delirium tremens. 

Alopecia 

Albuminuria 

Amenorrkoea 

An egg 

Anthrax 

Anaesthesia 

Angina pectoris 

Anaemia 

Aneurism 

Anchylosis 

Apoplexia 

Aphasia 

Aphonia 

Arrow, poison 

Asthma 

Askarides 

Asphyxia 

Baldness, see alopecia 

Balanitis 

Bathing 

Barber's itch 

Bedsores 

Beef tea delusion 

Bilious fever 

Blackheads 

Blindness from quinin 

Blindness from tobacco 

Bladder, irritability 

Bladder, inflammation 

Bone, inflammation 

Bowels, inflammation 



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Bruise 




Breast, inflammation 

Breast, caking 

Bronchitis, acute 

Bronchitis, chronic 

Bronchitis of children 

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Brain dropsy 

Brain softening 

Bright's disease 


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Cholera infantum, see cholera morbus 

Cholera epidemic 

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Chest, dropsy 

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Chills 


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Chlorosis (green sickness) 

Cirrhosis of liver .....: 

Clapp, see gonorrhoea 

Constipation, habitual 

Constipation of infants 

Conjunctivitis or inflammation of the eye. . 

Condylomata 

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Convulsion from teething and worms 

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Consumption, see Phthisis 

Cooking eggs — — 285 

Croup 55 227 

Dandruff 56 228 

Delirium tremens 57 216 

Definition of diseases 303 

Deafness, organic 57 

Deafness from congestions 57 

Deafness from quinine, opium, tobacco 57 

Deafness from anaemia 57 

Dengue fever 58 228 

Debility, nervous 58 228 

Determination of sex 158 

Diarrhoe 59 228 

Diarrhoea of children 60 228 

Diarrhoea of infants 60 228 

Dismenorrhoea, or painful menstruation 60 229 

Diphtheria 61 229 

Diabetes, mellitus * 63 229 

Digestion, painful 64 

Digestion of diet 276 

Diet of strong man 285 

Diseases in books etc 300 

Disinfections 301 

Dog bites 64 

Drowning 23 219 

Dropsy 65 

Drinks for hot weather 295 

Dyspepsia 66 227 

Dysentery 67 230 

Earache of infants, see infantile disease 104 

Earache, inflamation 68 

Earache , ulceration 68 

Earache , furuncle. 68 

Earache, insects in 68 

Earache, wax 69 

Earache, discharge 69 

Eczema or moist tetter 70 230 

Eczema, in children 70 ' 230 

Elephanthiasis 70 

Embalming fluid 71 

Emissions, seminal or spermatorrhea 71 255 

Embolism 72 

Emphysema 143 244 

Enema nutritive 72 

Epilepsy 72 230 

Epistaxss, or nose-bleeding 73 

Erysipelas 74 231 

Erythema 75 231 

Eruptive Fevers, see measels, scarlet fever, 

small pox 

Excitement 75 

Excoriations 75 

Eye 76 

Fainting 77 









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Facts coocerning children 

Feet, cold 

Feet, sore 

Feet, tender 

Feet, sweating 

Feet- foetid 

Felons ■ ■ 

Fevers, one day 

Fissure of the rectum 

Fistula . . . . . '. 

Fits, see spasms. 

Flushings 

Florida- water 

Frostbites 

Freezing 

Freckles 

Furuncle ... 



Gangren 

Gall stones 

Gastric fever 

Giddiness. . . , 

Gleet 

Glanders and Farcy, 
Glands, enlarged . . . 

Gonorrhoea 

Gout ; 

Goitre 

Graduated doses 

Gums, bleeding 



Hands, sweating 

Hands, chapped 

Hay fever 

Headache 

Hemorrhoids 

Hemorrhoids, itching 

Hemorrhoids, bleeding 

Hemoptysis 

Hemorrhage, locally 

Hemorrhage, internally 

Heartburn 

Heart, palpitation 

Heart, enlargement 

Heart, asthenia 

Hematuria 

Hemiplegia, see paralysis 

Hernia 

Hernia, strangulated 

Hernia, umbilical 

Hearing dull 

Hiccough 

Hiccoughs from drunkenness 

Hives, see nettle rash ■ 

Hoarseness 

Hooping cough, see whooping cough. 
Hydrophobia 



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Hydrocele 

Hydrocephalus 

Hypertrophy of the testes 

Hysteria 

Ichthyosis 

Impotency 

Insomnia, see sleeplessness 

Insect bites 

Intestines obstructions 

Injections after delivery 

Influenza or la grippe 

Insanity 

Infantile diseases 

Itch 

Jaundice 

Jaundice black 

Joint inflammation 

Karbuncle 

Keloid 

Kidney inflammation 

Kidney colic 

Kleptomania, see insanity 

Knee, inflammation 

Labor, feeble . . 

Labor, false 

Labor, to be painless 

Labia, swelling 

Labia, boils 

Labia, ulcers ... 

Larynx inflammation acute 

Larynx inflammation chronic 

Law in Russia 

Leucorrhoea 

Leprosy 

Leg, cramps ». . 

Leg, ulcers 

Lead, colic 

Lice 

Lips, chapped 

Liver, inflammation acute 

Liver, inflammation chronic 

Lupus 

Lumbago 

Malted milk 

Malarial fever 118 23^ 

Marasmus 119 

Marriage 119 

Masturbation, see self- abuse 

Menstruation, scant ; 

Menstruation, irregular 

Menstruation, excessive 

Meningitis 

Menorrhage 

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PRESCRIPTIONS. SYMPTOMS, 

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Measures 303 

Miscarriage and missed abortion 124 238 

Milk as a culture medium 290 

Migraine or sick headache 124 230 

Milk fever 125 240 

Milk-leg . 125 

Morphinism... 126 240 

Mother's milk scarce 126 

Mother's milk to dry up. 126 

Mouth fissure 126 

Mouthwash .... 127 

Mouth wasn antisyphilitic 127 

Mumps 127 241 

Nasal catarrh 127 241 

Nasal fissure : . . , 128 241 

Nacous 130 

Neuralgia 129 

Neuralgia, intercostal (between the ribs) 129 

Neuralgia of the heart 130 241 

Nettle rash, or urticaria, hives 130 241 

Night sweats 130 

Nipples sore 131 

Nightmare 131 241 

Nursing sore mouth 132 

Nursing sore mouth of infants 132 

Nymphomania, see self -abuse 277 

Obesity 133 

Oesophagus, stricture spasmotic 134 

Oesophagus, stricture organic 134 

Opium and tobacco habit , . . . 134 242 

Overworks 135 

Ovaries 135 

Ovaries, inflammation t 136 243 

Ovaries, dropsy 136 

Oxaluria 137 

Ozaena, see rhinitis 164 250 

Paralysis... . . /. 137 243 

Paraplegia, see paralysis 137 243 

Pain, ataxic. : 139 

Pain of the bones 139 

Peritonitis 140 244 

Pemphygus 141 

Pertussis, see whooping cough ... 205 266 

Periostitis ^ 141 244 

Pericarditis .' 142 , 244 

Perversion of the sexual sense 142 

Pharyngitis 142 

Phthisis.... t 143 244 

Phimosis 144 245 

Photophobia 144 

Pigmentation 144 

Pleurisy 145 246 

Pleurodynia 146 

Pneumonia 146 246 

Poisoning, internally 147 247 



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Poisoning, ivy 147 — — 

Poisoning, rhus 147 . 

Poisoning, carbolic acid 147 

Poisoning, lye 148 — — 

Poisoning, atropia or belladonna 148 ■* 

Poisoning, unknown 148 ■ 

Poisoning, cadaveric 148 

Poison and antidotes 149 

Powder stains 151 I 247 

Pruritus ani 151 - \ 248 

Pruritus vulvae 152 

Pruritus senile 152 « ** ; 

Pregnancy 152 

Psoriasis 159 

Purpura 159 

Puerperal fever, or childbed fever. 159 

Pyaemia or blood poisoning 160 

Quinsy, see tonsilitis 189 

Relapsing fever, see typhoid fever 193 

Rectum fissure 161 

Rectum ulceration 162 

Rectum inflammation 163 

Rectum prolaps 162 

Remittent fever 163 249 

Remarks for remembrance 273 

Rectal alimentation 277 

Respiration „ 276 

Rhinitis 164 251 

Rheumatism . 164 250 

Rheumatism, chronic 165 250 

Ringworm 166 

Ringworm of the scalp 166 

Rickets 166 251 

Rosacea 167 251 

Rotheln, German measles 122 238 

Rupture, see hernia 96 

Rules for bathers . . 297 

Saliva, excessive 167 

Schaking palsy, see paralysis 137 

Sciatica 168 - 

Scarlet fever 168 252 

Scabies - 170 252 

Scurvy 170 253 

Scrotum inflammation 170 . 

Sea sickness 171 

Self -abuse ' 277 

Schampoo 171 

Shingles 172 253 

Shock 172 

Sir William Gull 288 

Sleeplessness L72 

Smell, loss of 173 

Small pox 173 253 

Snake bites 175 254 

Soothing sedative for babies 175 



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Sprains 176 

Spasms, muscular 176 

Spasms of the glottis 176 

Spasms of the bladder 176 

Spasms of infants 177 

Spleen enlargement 177 

Spotted fever, see purpura 177 

Spermatorrhoea or seminal emissions 71 

Styes 178 

Stomach, acidity 178 

Stomach ulcers 179 

Stomach cramps 179 

Stomach inflammation, see gastric fever 84 

Stomach, foreign body in, see vomiting 201 

Stomatititos or thrush 179 

Still born, see asphyxia 23 

Sterility 180 

Strangulation, see asphyxia 23 

Stricture of the urethra 180 

St. Vitus dance 181 

Sun burn 181 

Sun stroke 181 

Subinvolution 182 

Suffocation, see asphyxia 23 

Syphilis 182 

Syphilis, secundary 182 

Svphiiis, tertiary ... 183 

~Syncope or sinking spell 183 

Syphilis, locally 183 

Tape worm 184 

Table for administering laudanum 275 

Tears, excessive , 185 

Tetanus or lock jaw 185 

Teething 186 

Teething with diarrhea see infantile diseases. . 104 

Testicles swelling .' 186 

Testicles, enlargement 187 

Testicles, inflammation 187 

The food of American laborer 284 

The inhabitants of cheese 286 

The relation of growth of the body 287 

The value of vegetables 289 

Throat sore 187 

Throat soje of ministers etc 188 

Thirst 188 

Toothache 188 

Tonsilitis 189 

Toe nail, ingrowing 190 

Tongue, inflammation 190 

Tongue, ulcers 190 

Tomatoes as food 286 

To render milk more digestible 291 

Tremor, of paralysis, agitans or shaking palsy 197 

Trichinosis 191 

Tuberculosis 191 

Tumors of all classes 192 



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Tympanitis 193 

Typhoid fever 193 

Typhus fever 195 

Ulcer, corneal . . 195 

Ulcer, cancerous 195 

Ulcer, syphilitic 195 

Umbilical cord prolaps 196 

Urticaria, see nettle rash 196 

Uric acid diathesis 197 

Urine, incontinuence 197 

Uterine debility * 198 

Vagina, swelling 199 

Vagina, prolaps, see womb prolaps 208 

Vaginitis 199 

Varicocele 200 

Veins, inflammation 200 

Veins, varicose 200 

Vertigo 201 

Vomiting 201 

Vomiting, in pregnancy 201 

Vomiting in young infants 202 

Warts .' 203 

Weights 303 

Why thunder storms affect milk 291 

White swelling 204 

, Whooping cough 205 

Womb hemorrhage 206 

Womb prolaps 207 

Womb cancer 207 

Womb carcinoma 207 

Womb inflammation 208 

Womb polyps 208 

Womb ulcers 209 

Worms, seat 209 

Worms, round 210 

Yellow fever 210 



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